Mountains high. The Spotted Cow. And the Sailors Lamentation with the Merry Sailor/The Mountains High

The MOUNTAINS high.

ONE night on my late rmable.
two miles below Pimry,
I met a farmers daughter
all on the mountains high.

I said my pretty fair maid,
your beauty shines so clear,
That upon these lonely mountains
I'm glad to meet you here.

She said kind sir be civil,
my company forsake,
For in my great opinion,
I believe you're but a rake;

And if my parents they should know,
my file they would destroy,
For keeping of your company,
all on the mountains high.

He says I am no rake,
I'm brought up in venus's train,
I'm seeking for concealments
all in the Judges name.

Your beauty so entises me,
I could not pass you by,
So with my gun I’ll gaurd you
all on the mountains high.

This pretty little young thing,
she stood all in amaze,
With eyes as bright as amber,
she did upon me gaze;

Her cherry cheeks, and ruby lips,
they loft their former dye,
So she fell into my arms
all on the mountains high.

But when I kiss’d her once or twice,
she then came to again,
And said kind sir be civil,
and tell me what’s your name.

If you'd-go to younder forest,
my castle there you’ll find,
Well wrote in ancient history,
my name is Ormordine.

He says my pretty fair maid,
don’t let your parents know,
Perhaps they’ll prove my ruin,
and my sad overthrow,

So if you come to lock for me,
perhaps you may me find,
I will be in my castle.
and call for Ormordine.

Come all you pretty fair maids,
a warning take by me,
See that you quit night-walking,
and shun bad company,

For if you do, you’ll surely rue
untill the day you die.
So beware of meeting Rinor
all on the montains high.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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