Lyrics

Oh after the morning there comes an evening And after the evening another day And after a false love there comes a true love I'd have you listen now to what I say My love he is as fine a young man As fair as any the sun shone on But how to help him I do not know it For now he's got a sentence to be hung As he was marching the streets of Derry I am sure he marched up right manfully Being much more like a commanding officer Than a man to die upon the gallows tree "What keeps, my love she's so long in coming? Or what detains her so far from me? Or does she think it a shame or a scandal To see me die upon the gallows tree?" He looked around and he saw her coming As she rode swifter than the wind "I'll have them know that they dare not hang you And I'll crown my love with a bunch of green"