One, I Love

All my friends fell out with me
Because I kept your company.
Let them all say what they will.
I love my love with a free good will.

One, I love. Two, he loves.
Three, she's true to me.

They tell me he's poor, they tell me he's young.
I tell them all to hold' their tongues,
If they could part the sand and the sea
Then they might part my love and me.

One, I love. Two, he loves.
Three, she's true to me.

It's over the mountains he must go
Because his fortune is so low.
With an aching heart and a troubled mind
At leaving his love so far behind.

One, I love. Two, he loves.
Three, she's true to me.

It's when the fire to ice doth turn,
And when the icy seas do burn
And when the rocks do melt with the sun
My love for you has just begun.

One, I love. Two, he loves.
Three, she's true to me.

When I wake, I find no rest
Until his head lies on my breast
And when I sleep I'm dreaming of
My one, my own, my absent love.

One, I love. Two, he loves.
Three, she's true to me.