Sinad O'Connor — Her Mantle So Green

[Verse 1] As I went out walking, one morning in June To view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom; I spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a queen With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green [Verse 2] Says I, my pretty fair maid, won't you come with me We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be; I will dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green [Verse 3] Says she, now my young man, you must be excused For I'll wed no man, so you must be refused; To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view For the boy I love dearly lies in famed Waterloo [Verse 4] Well if you're not married, say your lover's name I fought in that battle, so I might know the same Draw near to my garment, and there you will see His name is embroidered on my mantle so green [Verse 5] In the ribbon of her mantle, there I did behold His name and his surname, in letters of gold Young William O'Riley, appeared in my view He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo [Verse 6] And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry "If you were here lovely Nancy I'd be willing to die" And as I told her this story, in anguish she flew And the more that I told her, the paler she grew [Verse 7] So I smiled on my Nancy, 'twas I broke your heart In your father's garden, that day we did part And this is the truth, and the truth I declare Oh here's your love token the gold ring I wear