Traditional Surrey song, 1900.
Arranged by Lucy E. Broadwood.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Some rival has stolen my true love away
So, I in old England no longer can stay
I will swim the wide ocean all round by fair Brest
To find out my true love whom I love the best
When I have found out my true love and delight
I’ll welcome her kindly by day or by night
For the bells shall be a ringing
And the drums make a noise
To welcome my true love with ten thousand joys
Here’s a health to all lovers that are loyal and just
Here’s confusion to the rival that lives in distrust
But it’s I’ll be as constant as a true turtle dove
For I never will, at no time, prove false to my love