I've heard them lilting
?At are? you milking
And I've heard them lilting

Before light a-day

Now they are mourning

For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest
Are all ?wean? away


Sad they for the order
That sent them to the border

The English by guile
For once won the day


Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting
The flowers of the forest

Are all ?wean? away

I've heard them lilting

?At are? you milking
And I've heard them lilting
Before light a-day


Now they are mourning
For all time a-lilting

The flowers of the forest
Are all ?wean? away