Little birds are singing all around me, on every bush and vine
My pleasures would be doubled if I could call you mine
As I've sat here the whole night through till now it's a breaking day
I'm awaiting for an answer, kind lady what do you say
If I could tell to you my mind
I would choose a single life
For I would never thought that it suited for me to be your wife
So he wrote to her an answer and he sent it by full speed
You know I once did love you dearly, I once loved you indeed
But since that time my mind has changed ,I loved another way
I love a pretty fair damsel more suitable for me
And it had not been, but a very short time until this maiden's mind did change
She wrote him a letter,  Kind sir I am ashamed
If ever I have slighted you, or ever done you wrong
I am so far away from you that I can't hear you moan
Little birds are singing all around me, on every bush and vine
My pleasures would be doubled if I could call you mine
My pleasures would be doubled if I could call you mine