Misc Traditional – Dawning Of The Day (Guitar)

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As I walked out one morning fair, it being in the month of June

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The dew was sparkling on the grass and the small birds in full tune

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And when returning from a walk, by the fields I chanced to stray

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It was there I met my heart's delight by the dawning of the day

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Her head and beautiful neck were bare and mantle none she wore

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Her golden hair, in ringlets fair, it hung her shoulders o'er

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Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips, they stole my heart away

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And I stood to stare at that Venus fair at the dawning of the day

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'Where are you going my pretty fair maid, where are you going so soon?'

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'I'm going a milking my cow, kind sir, it being in the month of June

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The pasture that my cow feeds on, it lies so far away

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And I've got to be there each morning fair at the dawning of the day'

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'Come sit you down, my pretty fair maid, supposing it was a mile

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Come sit you down on this primrose bank and we will chat a while

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With the lambs all sporting on every side and the meadows blooming gay

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I'll pledge to you my heart and hand at the dawning of the day'

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'Oh no, kind sir' the maid replied, 'I cannot tarry now

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My parents wait for my return from the milking of my cow

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But perhaps we'll meet some other time, if you chance to pass this way'

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She gently glided from my sight at the dawning of the day