Seventeen Come Sunday - Steeleye Span

As I strolled out one May morning

One May morning so early

I overtook a handsome maid

And, my goodness, she was early

Her shoes were black and her stockings were white

And her buckles they shone like silver

She had a dark and rolling eye

And her hair hung over her shoulder

‘How old are you my fair pretty maid

How old are you my honey?

She answered me so cheerfully

‘Well, I’m seventeen come Sunday

‘Could you love me my fair pretty maid

Could you love me my honey?

She answered me so tearfully

‘Oh, I can’t because of Mummy

‘But if you come to my Mummy’s house

When the moon is shining brightly

‘Oh, I’ll come down and let you in

‘And my Mummy shall not hear me

So he went to her Mummy’s house

When the moon was brightly shining

And she came down and she let him in

And she rolled in his arms till the morning

She says ‘Kind sir, will you marry me?

I says ‘Oh no, my honey

For the fife and drum is my delight

And I’m happy in the army