Matt Hyland

There was a lord who lived in this town

Who had a lovely handsome daughter

She was courted by a fine young man

Who was a servant to her father

And when her parents came to know

They swore they'd ban him from the island

The maid she swore

That her ehart would break

Had she to part with young Matt Hyland

So straight away to her love she goes

Into his room to awake him

Say: 'Arise my love and go away

This very night you will be taken

I overheard my parents say

In spite of me they will transport you

So arise my love and go away

I wished to God I'd gone before you'

They both sat down upon the bed

Just for the sight of one half hour

And not a word by either said

As down their cheeks the tears did shower

She laid her head upon his breast

Around his neck her arms entwined him

Not a duke nor lord nor an earl I'll wed

I'll wait for you my own Matt Hyland

The lord is caused with his daughter fair

One night alone in her bed chamber

Saying: 'We'll give you leave

For to bring him back

Since there's no one can win your favour'

She wrote a letter then in haste

Her heart for him was still repining

They brought him back, to the church they went

And made a lord of young Matt Hyland