A fair young maid was in her garden A soldier boy came riding by Fair young maid here in your garden Pretty fair maid will you marry me No, I've a true love across the ocean For seven years he's been at sea And if he stays there seven years longer No one but him will marry me Well, what if you're true love, he is drowned Or a upon a battlefield slain What if he's to some young girl married You'll never see your love again Well, if my true love he is drowned Or a upon a battlefield slain If he's to some young girl married I'll love the girl what married him And when he saw how much she loved him Kisses he gave her, one, two, three Pretty fair maid I am no stranger Here is the ring you gave to me So arm in arm they walked together Down to the church on their wedding day They locked their hands and their hearts together The soldier boy and his fair young maid