Lyrics: Ben Nicholls
Music: Ben Nicholls
I wonder what is keeping my true love tonight?
I wonder what is keeping him out of my sight?
For it's little he knows of the pain that I endure
Or he would not stay from me this night I am sure
Oh love, are you coming your cause to advance?
Or, are you waiting for a far better chance?
Or have you had a sweetheart laid by you in store
Are you coming to tell me that you love me no more?
Oh love, I'm not coming my cause to advance
Nor love am I waiting for a far better chance
But I have got a sweetheart laid by me in store
And I am coming to tell you that I love you no more
I have gold in my pocket and I've love in my heart
But I can't love the man who has got two sweethearts
I will love him just lightly like the dew on the thore
That comes in the evening, away by the morn
Green grass grows bonny, spring water runs clear
I am lonely, so lonely, this night for my dear
He was my first and fondest lover till lately I knew
That the fonder I loved him, the falser he grew