[ti:On A Bright May Morning] [ar:Loreena McKennitt] [al:The Wind that Shakes the Barley] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]On a Bright May Morning - Loreena McKennitt [00:35.54]As I roved out on a bright May morning [00:44.02]To view the meadows and flowers gay [00:52.88]Whom should I spy but my own true lover [00:59.07] [01:01.55]As she sat under yon willow tree [01:09.75]I took off my hat and I did salute her [01:18.29]I did salute her most courageously [01:24.14] [01:26.57]When she turned around well the tears fell from her [01:34.92]Saying"False young man you've deluded me" [01:43.53]A diamond ring I owned I gave you [01:51.85]A diamond ring to wear on your right hand [01:59.99]But the vows you made love you went and broke them [02:08.76]And married the lassie that had the land [02:16.95]If I'd married the lassie that had the land my love [02:25.03]It's that I'll rue till the day I die [02:33.23]When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it [02:41.85]I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny [03:23.45]Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber [03:31.69]My thoughts of my true love run in my mind [03:39.54]When I turned around to embrace my darling [03:47.71]Instead of gold sure it's brass I find [03:56.02]And I wish the Queen would call home her army [04:03.73]From the West Indies America and Spain [04:11.62]And every man to his wedded woman [04:17.63] [04:19.80]In hopes that you and I will meet again