Bedlam

1. Abroad I was walking
One morning in the Spring,
I heard a maid in Bedlam
So sweetly she did sing;
Her chains she rattled in her hands,
And always so sang she.
I love my love
Because I know he first loved me.

2. My love he was sent from me
By friends that were unkind;
They sent him far beyond the seas
All to torment my mind.
Although I’ve suffer’d for his sake,
Content will I be, for
I love my love
Because I know he first loved me.

3. My love he’ll not come near me
To hear the moan I make,
And neither would he pity me
If my poor heart should break,
But, though I’ve suffer’d for his sake,
Contented will I be, For
I love my love
Because I know he first loved me.

4. I said: My dearest Johnny,
Are you my love or no?
He said, My dearest Nancy,
I’ve proved our overthrow;
But though you’ve suffer’d for my sake,
Contented will I be, For
I love my love
Because I know he first loved me.