Debra Cowan - Verdant Braes of Skreen (trad) lyrics

As I rode out one evening fair By the verdant braes of Skreen I put my back to the mossy tree To view the sun in the west country And the dew on the forest green A lad I spied by Owen's side And a maiden by his knee And he was dark as the very brown wood And she all whey and wan to see All whey and wan was she "Sit you down on the gra**," said he "On the dewy gra** so green For the wee birds all have come and gone Since I my love I have seen,” he said “Since I my love I have seen" "Oh I'll not sit on the gra**," said she "Nor a love I'll be of thine For I hear you love a Connaught maid And your heart's no longer mine," she said "And your heart's no longer mine." "And I'll not heed what the old man says For his days are well nigh done And I'll not heed what the young man says For he's fair to many the one," she said "Yes he's fair to many a one." "But I will climb a high, high tree And I'll rob a wild bird's nest And I'll bring back what find there To the arms that I love best," she said "To the arms that I love best." As I rode out one evening fair By the verdant braes of Skreen I put my back to the mossy tree To view the sun in the west country And the dew on the forest green