Sheffield Park

Lyrics

In Sheffield Park where I did dwell A brisk young lad I loved him well He courted me my heart to gain He's gone and left me full of pain There is an alehouse in this town There my love goes, he sits him down He takes a strange girl on his knee He tells her what he don't tell me I went upstairs to make the bed And laid me down and nothing said My mistress came to me and said "What is the matter with you, my maid?" So take this letter to him with speed And give it to him if he can read And bring me an answer without delay For he has stole my heart away Green leaves they gathered for her bed And a flowery pillow for her head The leaves that blow from tree to tree Shall be a covering for thee In Sheffield Park where I did dwell A brisk young lad I loved him well He courted me my heart to gain He's gone and left me full of pain