Full Lyrics
I had a love passing fair was she,
As it were the whole world’s jewel,
White as a dove,
Say, how could it be,
She could have a heart so cruel?
Suing her, wooing her,
Still with sighs pursuing her
All I might gain for guerdon
A word unkind,
A doleful mind
And a frown,
And a song with a heavy burden,
Down adown,
And adown, adown, adown, adown, adown,
Hey, down adown a’.
I had a love passing fair was she,
Yet her heart set nothing by me;
Shall I not prove,
If some maid there be,
Who will never thus deny me?
Suing her, wooing her,
Still with sighs pursuing her
She will give more for guerdon
Than a word unkind,
A doleful mind
And a frown,
And a song with a heavy burden,
Down adown,
And adown, adown, adown, adown, adown,
Hey, down adown a’.
