X:214
T:Her Mantle So Green
R:
song
D:Eleanor Shanley
D:Sinéad O'Connor
Z:id:hn-song-214
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=130
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W:As I went out walking one morning in June,
W:To view the fair fields and the valleys in bloom,
W:I spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a queen.
W:With her costly fine robes, and her mantle so green.
W:
W:Says I: "My pretty fair maid, won't you come with me?
W:We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be.
W:I'll dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen,
W:With your costly fine robes, and your mantle so green."
W:
W:Says she: "Now my young man, you must be excused,
W:For I'll wed with no man, so you must be refused,
W:To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view,
W:For the boy I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo."
W:
W:"Well if you're not married, say your lover's name.
W:I fought in that battle, so I might know the same."
W:"Draw near to my garment, and there you will see,
W:His name is embroidered on my mantle so green."
W:
W:In the ribbon of her mantle there I did behold,
W:His name and his surname in letters of gold,
W:Young William O'Reilly appeared in my view,
W:"He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo."
W:
W:"And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry."
W:"If you were here lovely Nancy, I'd be willing to die."
W:As I told her this story, in anguish she flew,
W:And the more that I told her, the paler she grew.
W:
W:So I smiled at my Nancy, "'Twas I broke your heart,
W:In your father's garden that day we did part,
W:And this is the truth, and the truth I declare,
W:Well here's your love token, a gold ring I wear."