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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, me love, and I would stay with you.
And we walked along the dam, and the birds sing loud and gay,
It's there I met me bonny brunette, she stole me 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 soon be married for my love has named the day,
It's happy we will be together as we go on our way;
We'll have a charmin' 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 me bonny brunette, she stole me 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 goodnight 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, my glass they'd surely fill,
And drink a health to the bride and groom that work in the cotton mill.
We walked along the dam, and the birds sing loud and gay,
It's there I met me bonny brunette, she stole me 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.
