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When first to London town I came |
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I took my lodging all at some inn. |
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For full five months I did remain |
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But being a stranger I fell in danger |
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Doing so, doing so. |
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The landlord had a daughter fair, |
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She was a beauty I do declare. |
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In her bedchamber I dared not go |
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But being a stranger I fell in danger |
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Doing so, doing so. |
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She'd ruby lips and she'd eyes of blue, |
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They caused me to love her so; |
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I kissed her lips, her bosom too, |
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But being a stranger I fell in danger |
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Doing so, doing so. |
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All in the grove my seed was sown, |
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All in the grove where grew no green. |
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The more I kissed her, this girl being young, |
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The more I kissed her her eyes did glister |
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Like the rising of the sun. |
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The seeds of love, they grew apace, |
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The tears they blossomed all on her face. |
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All for to reap it I would not stay |
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But being a stranger I fell in danger, |
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Ran away, I ran away. |
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Now when nine long months they were gone and past |
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This pretty girl had her babe at last. |
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She must keep it like it was her own |
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And reap the seeds I myself have sown |
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Doing so, doing so. |
