I had a horse (1815-1825)/Saw ye my father

O SAW YE MY FATHER.

O saw ye my father, or ssw ye my mother,
Or saw ye my true love John?
I saw not father, I saw not your mother,
But I saw your true love John.

Up Johnny rose, and to the door he goes,
And gently tirled the pin.
The lassie taking tent unto the door she went
And she open'd and let him in.

Flee up, flee up. my bonny grey cock,
And craw when it is day;
Your neck shall be like the bonny beaten gold
And your wings of the silver grey;

The cock prov'd false, and untrue he was,
For he crew an hour o'er soon.
The lassie thought it day when she sent her love away,
And it was but a blink of the moon,