Come all ye maidens young and fair

And you that are blooming in your prime

Always beware and keep your garden fair

Let no man steal away your thyme



Chorus:

For thyme it is a precious thing

And thyme brings all things to my mind

nlyme with all its flavours, along with all its joys

Thyme, brings all things to my mind



Once I and a bunch of thyme

i thought it never would decay

Then came a lusty sailor

Who chanced to pass my way

And stole my bunch of thyme away



Chorus



The sailor gave to me a rose

A rose that never would decay

He gave it to me to keep me reminded

Of when he stole my thyme away



Chorus