The Maid upon the Road

He:
Come with me, my pretty, and give me thy love
And I'll promise thee love and the world beside:
I'll tie up thy tresses with ribbons y-wove
And one day thou wilt be my bride.

She:
Swiftly indeed thou wouldst give me thy love,
But I'll not be so swift, and I'll not give thee mine,
For another fair maiden I've seen by the road,
Walking slow near the stream where the willows twine:

She sang: "I gave him my heart and my love,
And he promised me love and the world beside;
But I now walk alone in the willow-grove
And he seeks after another bride."

So I'll not be giving my heart or my love
To just any who ask, or who promise me fine:
For the man who desires my heart must prove
That he's worthy to keep it, ere I give him mine.