Some Rival Has Stolen My True Love Away Songtext / Lyric

Some rival has stolen my true love away,
So I in Old England no longer can stay;
I will swim the wide ocean all round my fair breast
To find out my true love whom I love best. When I have found out my true love and delight
I'll welcome her kindly by day or by night;
For the bells shall be a-ringing, and the drums
make a noise
To welcome my true love with ten thousand joys.

Here's a health to all lovers that are loyal and just!
Here's confusion to the rival that lives in distrust!
But it's I'll be as constant as a true turtle dove,
For I never will, at no time, prove false to my love.