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John Roberts: Garners Gay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quO_qSE2caU
Come all you garners gay That are just now in your prime I wish I was in that bonny girl’s arms Where I’ve been many a time: Where I’ve been many a time Where I’ve been many a time I wish I was in that bonny girl’s arms Where I’ve been many a time. Green willows they will twist Green willows they will twine I wish I was in that bonny girl’s arms Where I’ve been many a time: For it’s once I had thyme enough And it flourished by night and day Until that girl, that bonny, bonny girl Come and stole all my thyme away: So now my whole thyme is gone And I cannot plant any new For the very same place where the old thyme grew It’s all over running, running rue: O the rue, the running, running rue It’s not the flower for me I will pluck up all that running, running rue And plant down the sturdy oak tree: Stand you fast, stand you fast, sturdy oak Stand you fast, don’t ever die And I’ll prove as true to my own true love As the stars prove true to the sky: For it’s very nice drinking ale And it’s far better drinking wine But I like to sleep in that bonny girl’s arms Where I’ve been many a time: