As I went out walking one morning in June
As I went out walking one morning in June
To view the fair fields and the valleys in bloom
I spied a pretty fair maid she appeared like a queen
With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green
Said I my pretty fair maid won't you come with me
We'll both join in wedlock and married we'll be
I will dress you in fine linen you'll appear like a queen
With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green
Said she now my young man you must be excused
For I'll wed with no man so you must be refused
To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view
For the boy I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo
Well if you're not married say your lovers' name
I fought in that battle so I might know the same
Draw near to my garment and there you will see
His name is embroidered on my mantle so green
In the ribbon of her mantle there I did behold
His name and his surname in letters of gold
Young William O'Reilly appeared in my view
He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo
And as he lay dying I heard his last cry
"If you were here lovely Nancy I'd be willing to die"
And as I told her this story in anguish she flew
And the more that I told her the paler she grew
So I smiled on my Nancy "'twas I broke your heart
In your father's garden that day we did part
And this is a truth and the truth I declare
Oh here's your love token the gold ring I wear
- 专辑：Sean-Nos Nua
- 歌手：Sinéad O'Connor
- 歌曲：Her Mantle So Green
