As I went down the market place
What do you think I seen?
But a fine young piper lassie

A linking over the green

She played a reel and she played a jig

She played the "Sweets of May"
And she tossed my hair till the roots stood still
To the tapping of my toes


chorus:
Hey laddie, ho laddie

Dira ma doo a day

She sang a song by Fiddler's Green

She sang "Don't Turn Away"
And when I listened to these words
I knew I had to stay


Now I have naught to offer you
This young girl she did say

But you'll gain love and freedom
If you'll come away with me


Then she took out her chanter
and she began to play
And I chose love and freedom

I'll wander all of my days

As I went down the market place

What do you think I seen?
But a fine young piper lassie
A linking over the green