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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
Refrain:
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