[ti:Banks Of The Sweet Primroses] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:Come All Ye - The First Ten Years (1968 To 1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Banks Of The Sweet Primroses - Fairport Convention [00:15.44]Written by:Traditional [00:30.88]As I walked out on a midsummer's morning [00:37.76]For to view the fields and to take the air [00:44.58]Down by the banks of the sweet primroses [00:52.24]There I beheld a most love lie fair [01:01.23]Three short steps I stepped up to her [01:07.65]Not knowing her as she passed me by [01:14.44]I stepped up to her thinking for to view her [01:21.95]She appeared to be like some virtuous bride [01:30.76]I says fair maid where are you going [01:37.61]And what's the occasion of all your brief [01:44.28]I will make you as happy as any lady [01:53.03]If you will grant to me one small relief [02:31.50]Stand off stand off you're a false deceiver [02:38.91]You are a false deceitful man I know [02:47.29]'Tis you that has caused my poor heart to wander [02:54.39]And in your comfort lies no refrain [03:03.01]So I'll go down to some lonesome valley [03:10.00]Where no man on earth shall there me find [03:16.63]Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices [03:24.29]And every moment blows blusterous wind [03:32.67]So come all young men who go a sailing [03:39.85]Pray pay attention to what I say [03:46.53]For there's many a dark and a cloudy morning [03:54.16]Turns out to be a sunshiny day