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As I roved out on a May morningOn a May morning right earlyI met my love upon the wayOh, Lord but she was early[Chorus]And she sang lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle-dee,-And she hi-di-lan-di-dee, and she hi-di-lan-di-dee and she lan- dayHer boots were black and her stockings whiteAnd her buckles shone like silverShe had a dark and a rolling eyeAnd her ear-rings tipped her shoulder[Chorus]"What age are you my bonny wee lassWhat age are you my honey?"Right modestly she answered me"I'll be seventeen on Sunday"[Chorus]"Where do you live my bonny wee lassWhere do you live my honey?""In a wee house up on the top of the hillSongtexteAnd I live there with my mammy"[Chorus]"If I went to the house on the top of the hillWhen the moon was shining clearlyWould you arise and let me inAnd your mammy not to hear you?"[Chorus]I went to the house on the top of the hillWhen the moon was shining clearlyShe arose to let me inBut her mammy chanced to hear her[Chorus]She caught her by the hair of the headAnd down to the room she brought herAnd with the butt of a hazel twigShe was the well-beat daughter[Chorus]"Will you marry me now my soldier ladWill you marry me now or never?Will you marry me now my soldier ladFor you see I'm done forever"[Chorus]"I can't marry you my bonny wee lassI can't marry you my honeyFor I have got a wife at homeAnd how could I disown her?"[Chorus]A pint at night is my delightAnd a gallon in the morningThe old women are my heart breakBut the young ones is my darling[Chorus] Aus Songtexte Mania