Sovay from VARO by Varo

Sovay Sovay all on a day
She dressed herself in man's array
With a brace of pistols all by her side
To meet her true love, to meet her true love, the way she ride.

As she was riding over the plain
She met her love she bad him stand
'Stand and deliver, come sir,'' she said
''And if you do not, if you do not, I'll shoot you dead''

So he gives up his gold and his store
She keeps craving for one thing more
''Oh that diamond ring, that I've seen you wear,
Hand it over, hand it over, and your life I'll spare''

''Oh me diamond ring I wouldn't part
For it's a token from me sweetheart
Shoot and be damned you rogue" said he
"And you'll be hanged then, you'll be hanged then for murdering me''

She being soft-hearted just like a dove
She rode away she rode away from her true love.

Next morning in the garden green
Young Sovay and her love were seen
And he spied his watch hanging by her clothes
It made him blush lads, made him blush lads like any rose.

''Why do you blush you silly thing
I thought to have that diamond ring
It was I who robbed you all on the plain
So here's your gold, so here's your gold and your watch again''

''I only did it for to know
Whether you were a man or no
And If you had given me that ring she said
I'd have pulled the trigger, I'd have pulled the trigger and shot you dead''

• Folk
• folk baroque
• traditional
• traditional folk
• Dublin