A Girl in the Valley

A man who came to my valley,
A man I hardly knew,
A man who came to my garden,
Grew to love me.
A girl I saw in a valley,
A girl I hardly knew,
A girl at work in a garden,
Grew to love me.
From the gate he called out so kindly,
'Lass, wouldst thou 'low me rest here?
I’ve ridden quite far?'
'Share my tea,' she bade me so gently,
'Oatcakes and cream, sweet plums in a jar,'
And every day to my garden,
This man, who might he be?
Came bearing baskets of roses
For he loved me.
All I own, I’d give.
Just a garden.
All I would ask is never to-
Never to leave.
Say you’ll have me,
Safe you will keep me,
Where you would lead me there,
There I would,
There I would,
There I would go.
Lily (Archie):
A man who came to my valley (A girl I saw in a valley)
A man I hardly knew (A girl I hardly knew)
A man who gave me a garden (A girl who gave me a garden)
Grew to love me.