Pretty, fair damsel in the garden Brave, young soldier riding by He rode up to her to view her My pretty, fair miss, won't you fancy me? You're not a man of a noble honor You're not the man i had taken you to be Or you wouldn't impose on a single lady Who your bride can never be I have a true love in the army And he's been there for seven long years And if he stays there seven years longer No other man can marry me Perhaps he's on some water course drowned Perhaps he's on some battlefield slain Perhaps he's to some fair girl married My pretty, fair miss, you'll never see him again Well, if he's drowned, i hope he's happy Or if he's on some battlefield slain Or if he's to some fair girl married I love the girl that married him