Green Valley- Teresa Molloy (NL) 1951 Leach
[MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive.
Listen: http://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD2/17A-2_51.htm
R. Matteson 2017]
Green Valley- Collected in 1951 by MacEdward Leach from Mrs Teresa (Leonard) Molloy nee Hayward (1910-?) of St Shott's, NL
A young man courted me earnestly,
It was to his wish I did agree;
He had a false and a flattering heart,
He courted me when I was young.
It was on a book he got me to swear,
Saying, that was her love, I do declare;
To wed no man, no man but he,
As the sun rose down over yon green valley.
You have a heart, love, and I got none,
Pray give me mine, love, and keep your own;
For you're as false as the wavering wind,
And I dote no more on false mankind.
You caught me fast, not to let me go,
Saying, you are my love, by right you know;
Perform those promises you made to me,
As the sun rose down over yon green valley.
Now he's gone and left me behind,
Some other fair one has changed his mind;
Some other fair one of a high degree,
Has changed his mind from yon green valley.
I wished, I wished, and I wished in vain,
I wished I was a maid again;
A maid, a maid I will never be,
Until apples grow on laurel trees.
I'll sing this verse and I'll sing no more,
Since the lad has left me, gone far away;
Since the lad has left me, gone far away,
Has changed his mind from yon green valley.