The Banks Of Sweet Primroses
(from the Phil Tanner version, arranged by Simon Barron and Rosalind Brady)
Now as I walked out one midsummer morning
For to view the fields and to take the air
‘Twas there on the banks of the sweet primroses
That I beheld a most pleasant maid
I said fair maid what makes you wander
What is that cause of all your grief
I will make you as happy as any lady
If you will grant me one small relief
Stand off young man and don’t be so deceitful
For ‘tis you are the cause of all my pain
It is you that has caused my poor heart to wander
And to find me comfort it’s all in vain
Oh I will go down to some lonely valley
Where no man on earth there shall my find
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices
And every moment blows blusterous wind