When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure,
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die
Get sixteen pretty maidens to carry my coffin
Sixteen pretty maidens to sing me a song
A bunches of roses over my coffin
So I look pretty as I ride along
When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure,
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die
Get sixteen pretty maidens to carry my coffin
Sixteen pretty maidens to sing me a song
A bunches of roses over my coffin
So I look pretty as I ride along
When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure,
When I was a young girl I used to drink ale;
Out of the alehouse into the jailhouse,
My body's ruined they've left me here to die