The Unthanks - Madam lyrics

A maiden walking in her garden But her name I do not know I'll go and court her for her beauty Let the answer be yes or no "Madam, madam, I'll come a-courting That your favour I may gain Sit you down you're kindly welcome Then perhaps you may call again "Madam I have gold and silver Madam I have house and land Madam I have a world of pleasure Leave it all at your command" "Don't tell me of your gold and silver Don't tell me of your house and land Don't tell me of your world of pleasure All I want is a handsome man" Handsome men are out of fashion Maiden's beauty soon decays You'll pick a flower of the bright summer morning Before the evening will fade away First come the oxlip then the cruel Then the pink and then the may Then come a new love and then come true love Before the evening will fade away Once I lay on a young man's pillow Which I thought it was my own Now I do lay under the willow All for the sake of a false young man Before the evening will fade away