Oh once
I loved an outlaw
He came and stole my heart
Oh how I count the hours
Since we were torn apart
On the road
to Fairfax County I spied
a highwayman
He wanted all my money
And my heart beat like a drum
I gave him all my money And sweet he smiled at me
His
beauty I took pity Beneath black oak tree
He kissed
but for an hour
The sun was newly worn
The clouds were as the flowers
That bloom but for a morn
He gave back all my money And he bowed most gallantly
He promised for to meet me That night beneath the tree
We'd flee
to some far island
And there we would be wed
And freely we would live there With no price on his head
That night I went to meet him
With my inheritance
He kissed me beneath the half moon
And the joyful we did dance
But love
betrays all secrets
And it whispers on the breeze
That Cherub he did follow And all his deputies
Like hounds rushing to
slaughter The fox whose luck is run
But he stood erect and cursed them God damned you everyone
I seized him in a fury And he did not my plea
Behind him is the oak tree
Where he made love to me
And outlawed and outlawed He came and stole my heart
Oh highway, count the hours
Since we were torn apart