Lost, I lost my virgin treasure while that I was sleeping

Losing it was pleasure so it wasn't worth the keeping

I lost the coin from round my neck, it sank into the Norfolk sand

I lost a ring, a lover's gift, it slipped from off my hand

A ring, a coin, a loving heart are often by a stranger found

Then lost again, from hand to hand they come and go the world around

I found my love, then lost, he wandered calling down the shadow glen

And though I see him everywhere, I'll ne'er find him again