Come all ye maidens young and fair
All you that are blooming in your prime
Always beware and keep your garden fair
Let no man steel away your thyme

For thyme, it is a precious thing
And thyme brings all things to my mind
Thyme, with all its labours, along with all its joys
Thyme brings all things to my mind

Once I had a bunch of thyme
I thought it never would decay
On came a lusty sailor, who chanced to pass that way
He stole my bunch of thyme away

The sailor gave to me a rose
A rose that never would decay
He gave it to me to keep me well-minded
Of when he stole my thyme away

So come all ye maidens young and fair
All you that are blooming in your prime
Always beware and keep your garden fair
Let no man steel away your thyme

Performed by Paddy Reilly.