[00:11.92] A North country maid up to London has strayed [00:18.39] Although with her nature it did not agree. [00:25.56] So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she cried, [00:32.82] "Oh, I wish once again in the North I could be." [00:41.03] For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [00:47.45] They all grow green in the North country. [00:57.40] While sadly I roam I regret my dear home, [01:03.81] Where the lads and young lasses are making the hay. [01:11.04] Where the birds sweetly sing, and the merry bells do ring [01:18.30] And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay. [01:25.64] For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [01:32.92] They all grow green in the North country. [01:42.97] No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease, [01:50.21] Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come. [01:57.53] But he that I wed must be North country bred [02:03.82] And carry me back to my own country. [02:11.13] For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree [02:18.42] They all grow so green in the North country. [02:26.64]