She's like the swallow that flies so high,
She's like the river that never runs dry,
She's like the sunshine on the lee shore,
I love my love and love is no more.

'Twas out in the garden this fair maid did go,
A picking the beautiful primrose;
The more she plucked the more she pulled
Until she got her aperon full.

It's out of these roses she made a bed,
A stony pillow for her head.
She laid her down, no word did say,
Until this fair maid's heart did break.

She's like the swallow that flies so high,
She's like the river that never runs dry,
She's like the sunshine on the lee shore,
I love my love and love is no more.



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Source: Singing Together, Spring 1976, BBC Publications

Notes:
Noted by Maud Karpeles from Mr John Hunt at Dunville, Placentia Bay, 8 July 1930. The note values have been doubled here and the key signature changed from 6/8 to 6/4; the tune is transposed from the original three sharps. See the discussion thread for the version as originally colleced and further information.

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