i wonder what s keeping my true love tonight i wonder what s keeping her out of my sight it is little she knows of the pain that i endure or she would not stay from me this night i am sure oh love are you coming your cause to advance oh love are you waiting for a far better chance or have you got a sweetheart laid by you in store and you re coming to tell me that you love me no more oh love i m not coming my cause to advance and love i m not waiting for a far better chance but i have got a sweetheart laid by me in store and i m coming to tell you that i love you no more for tis i can love lightly and tis i can love long and tis i can love the old love til the new love comes along i just said that i loved you for to set your mind at ease but when i m far from you i ll love whom i please well i ve gold in my pocket and i ve love in my heart but i can t love a maiden who has got two sweethearts your love it lies as lightly as the dew upon a thorn comes down in the evening goes away in the morn green grass it grows bonny spring water runs clear i am weary and lonesome for the love of my dear you re my first and false true love and tis lately i knew that the fonder i loved you the falser you grew