Natalie Merchant - Just As The Tide Was A-flowing lyrics

[Verse 1:] On one morning In the month of may When all the birds Were singing I saw a lovely maiden stray Across the fields at break of day She softly sung her roundelay [Chorus:] The tide flows in The tide flows out Twice every day returning [Verse 2:] Her cheeks were red Her eyes were brown Her hair in ringlets hanging down Upon her face to hide the frown [Chorus:] Just as the tide was a flowing The tide flows in The tide flows out Twice everyday returning [Verse 3:] A sailor's wife at home must bide She halted heavily she sighed "he parted from poor me , a bride I'm widowed by the sea," she cried [Chorus:] Just as the tide was a flowing The tide flows in The tide flows out Twice every day returning