Early one morning traditional

C F G

Early one morning just as the sun was rising,
C F G C

I heard a maid sing in the valley below.

Chorus:
G C G C
Oh, don't deceive me, Oh, never leave me,

C F G F C

How could you use a poor maiden so?

Remember the vows that you made to your Mary,
Remember the bow’r, where you vowed to be true,

Chorus

C F G

Thus sang the poor maiden, her sorrows bewailing,
C F G C

Thus sang the poor maid in the valley below.

Chorus