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I met me love up walkin' in the merry month of May,
When the birds were singin' sweetly and the lads did sport and play;
She told me that she loved me and for me she would prove true,
If you would stay with me my love and I would stay with you.
We walked along the dam, and the birds sing loud and gay,
It's there I met my bonny brunette, she stole my heart away;
Her cheeks they were like roses red, and her skin as white as snow,
She is the darlin' of my heart, the pride of Springfield Road.
Now we'll be married for my love has named the day,
And happy we will be together as we go on our way;
We'll have our charming little house and a garden for to till,
And bring the children up like us to work at the cotton mill.
We walked along the dam, and the birds sing loud and gay,
It's there I met my bonny brunette, she stole my heart away;
Her cheeks they were like roses red, and her skin as white as snow,
She is the darlin' of my heart, the pride of Springfield Road.
I'll bid you all good night, for to her parents I must go,
To see if they will have me now, or if the answer's no;
She said they'll treat me decent, and my glass they'd surely fill,
And drink a health to the bride and groom that works at the cotton mill.
We walked along the dam, and the birds sing loud and gay,
It's there I met my bonny brunette, she stole my heart away;
Her cheeks they were like roses red, and her skin as white as snow,
She is the darlin' of my heart, the pride of Springfield Road.
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Note: Belfast, Ireland, was at one time the largest exporter of cotton and linen in the world, a title later applied to Manchester, England. Springfield Road was one of the last cotton mills in Ireland.
