Abroad as I was walking One evening in the spring I hear a maid in bedlam So sweetly for to sing Her chains she rattled with her hands and this replied she I love my love because my love My love loves me Oh cruel were his parents who sent my love to sea And cruel was the sailing ship That bore my love from me Yet I love his parents since they're his Although they've ruined me I love my love because my love loves me My love loves me With straw I'll weave a garland I'll weave it very fine With roses, lilies, daisies I'll mix the eglantine And I'll present it to my love when he returns from sea I love my love because my love My love loves me Just as she there sat weeping, her love came on land Then, hearing she was in bedlam He ran straight out of hand He flew into her snow white arms and this replied he I love my love because my love loves me She said My love don't frighten me Are you my love or not? Oh yes, my dear leonor I am your love also So now both of them are meandering And happy they can't be They now love their loves because their love strong lies still