Loving Hannah

Loving Hannah

Traditional. Learnt at a Folkworks’ summer-school in Durham in the late ‘90s.

 

I went to church on Sunday

My love she passed me by

And I knew her mind was altered

By the roving of her eye

 

By the roving of her eye

By the roving of her eye

I knew her mind was altered

By the roving of her eye

 

My love is fair and proper

Her waist is neat and small

And she is quite good-looking

And that's the best of all

  

Oh Hannah, loving Hannah

Won’t you give to me your hand

You said that if you'd marry

That I would be the man

I’ll go down to the river

While everyone's asleep

And I'll think on loving Hannah

And I’ll hang my head and weep

 

I went to church on Sunday

My love she passed me by

And I knew her mind was altered

By the roving of her eye