[00:01.40]Young Billy Brown, he was a brisk young lad
[00:05.09]When first that he raided me away
[00:09.53]He brought me from me parents and stole me from me home
[00:12.95]And now he's left me in the wicked world to stray
[00:17.74]
[00:17.75]He took me by the lily-white hand
[00:21.54]And led me down the garden path so green
[00:25.46]And what we have done there, well I never will declare
[00:29.00]But the leaves they were pleasant to be seen
[00:33.45]
[00:33.46]He took me by the middle so small
[00:37.19]And gently there he laid me down
[00:41.23]And what we have done there, well I never will declare
[00:45.09]But the winds they came a-whistling all around
[00:49.10]
[00:49.11]When six or seven long months were past and gone
[00:52.98]This young man he came a-riding by
[00:56.98]She says, Young man, I fear that I am with child by thee
[01:00.85]And the very same thing you can't deny
[01:04.90]
[01:04.91]Now if you were with child, me pretty maid
[01:08.78]It need not be any one of mine
[01:12.77]Unless that you can tell me the where and the when
[01:16.65]And also the hour and the time
[01:20.53]
[01:20.54]Oh yes, I can tell you the where and the when
[01:24.46]The very same hour and the time
[01:28.39]'Twas underneath me father's red and rosy bush
[01:32.37]Just as the village clock was striking nine
[01:36.30]
[01:36.31]Then he gave consent for to marry me, poor girl
[01:40.27]It was to be the very next day
[01:44.16]But instead of getting married to me, poor girl
[01:48.16]He took a ship and boldly sailed away
[01:51.90]
[01:51.91]But if ever he should return again from sea
[01:56.12]His curly curly locks I will enfold
[01:59.99]I never will upbraid him nor tell him of his faults
[02:03.79]But encourage him for being so bold