Early one morning just as the sun was rising I heard a maiden singing in the valley below Oh don't deceive me oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Remember the vows that you made to your Mary Remember the bower where you promised to be true Oh don't deceive me oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Gay is the garland and fresh are the daisies I've culled from the garden to bind on thy brow Oh don't deceive me oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Thus sang the maiden her sorrows bewailing Thus sang the maiden in the valley below Oh don't deceive me oh never leave me How could you use a poor maiden so Early one morning just as the sun was rising I heard a maiden singing in the valley below