Shirley Collins - Bonnie Boy lyrics

I once loved a boy, a bonny, bonny boy And I loved him, I will vow and protest I loved him so well, so very, very well That I built him a bath on my breast It was through the green valley and up a green hill Like one that was troubled in mind I called and I shouted and played on my pipe But no bonny boy could I find I looked up high and I looked down low And the sun it shone wonderful warm; When who should I see but my own bonny boy That's so close in another girl's arms Oh, so close in another girl's arms Now, my bonny boy has gone far away And I fear I shan't see him again But were I to have him or were I to not I will think of him once and then Yes, I'll think of him once now and then