G
Down by the old (not the new but the old)
 A7     D7
Mill stream (not the river but the stream),
         B7
Where I first (not the last but the first)
 D    G
Met you. (Not me but you.)
          G
With your eyes (not your ears, but your eyes)
B7   C
Of blue (not green, but blue). 
            D                           C   G
Dressed in ging- (not silk but ging-) -ham too. (Not one but two.)

             G
And it was there (not here, but there),
A7  D7
I knew (not old, but new)
          B
That you loved (not hate, but loved)
 B7 Em
Me too. (Not one but two.)

          C7
You were sixteen (not seventeen, but sixteen)
            G    Em
My village queen! (Not the king, but the queen).
            A7
Down by the old (not the new, but the old),
 D7     G
Mill stream (not the river, but the stream).