False Lover John

False lover John he courted me for every hour in the day
He courted me til such a degree that I hadn't one word to say

It's take you all of your father's gold and all of your mother's money
And steal the keys of your father's stable and thirty steeds and three

And she had stolen her father's gold and all of her mother's money
And the keys of her father's stable and thirty steeds and three

And they have mounted ten milk white steeds rode on by the clear silvery light of the moon
Until they reach the banks of the river and there they did get down

Lie you down Miss Maegellín this night along with me
For here I killed seven king's daughters the eighth one will be thee

Well turn you round false John she said and view the green leaves on the tree
It ill because a learning man a naked maid to see

False lover John he turned around to view the green leaves on the tree
She threw her arms around his waist and flung him into the sea

It's there you lie false John she said til death it comes to thee
For you thought you'd kill me as I was born and take my clothes from me

Oh reach in your gentle hand and take me to dry land
And every vow that I have made I'll double it all in once

She has mounted her milk white steed rode on by the clear silvery light of the moon
Until she reach her father's castle and there she did get down

She put the steed all in to the stable the money to where it lay
And there wasn't a lord in all of the castle knew Maegellín was away