Lyrics

[Intro] Oh the moon shines bright and the stars, they give light While this fair miss, she worries alone, 'lone, 'lone There is somethin' in the way that causes him to stay While this fair miss, she worries alone [Verse 1] Her true love come at last, he come very fast Come a-tripplin' through the plain His fair miss arose and she drew on her clothes For to welcome her old lover in, in, in For to welcome her own lover in [Verse 2] Oh my pretty chicken, my sweet crowin' chicken Do not crow before day And I'll make you the wings of the beadin' yellow gold And a comb of the silver so gay, gay, gay And a comb of the silver so gay [Verse 3] But this chicken proved falsehearted He crowed one hour too soon Her true love went away before the break of day And he rode by the light of the moon, moon, moon And he rode by the light of the moon [Verse 4] She saddled up her milk white steed Also her dapple grey She rode until the edge of the wood And until the break of day, day, day And until the end of the day [Verse 5] "Oh my true, true love, my sweet turtledove When will I see you again?" "When the sun and the moon shine in the north sea And the sky shall shed no more rain, rain, rain And the sky shall shed no more rain" [Outro] Oh the moon shines bright and the stars, they give light While this fair miss, she worries alone, 'lone, 'lone