I know my love by his way of walking

And I know my love by his way of talking

And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue

And if my love leaves me what will I do...

And still she cried, "I love him the best

And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"

And still she cried, "bonny boys are few

And if my love leaves me what will I do"

There is a dance house in maradyke

And there my true love goes every night

He takes a strange girl upon his knee

Well now don't you think that that vexes me?

And still she cried, "I love him the best

And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"

And still she cried, "bonny boys are few

And if my love leaves me what will I do"

If my love knew I can wash and wring

If my love knew I can sew and spin

I'd make a coat of the finest kind

But the want of money sure leaves me behind

And still she cried, "I love him the best

And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"

And still she cried, "bonny boys are few

And if my love leaves me what will I do"

I know my love is an arrant rover

I know he'll wander the wild world over

In dear old ireland he'll no longer tarry

An american girl he's sure to marry

And still she cried, "I love him the best

And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"

And still she cried, "bonny boys are few

And if my love leaves me what will I do"

And still she cried, "I love him the best

And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"

And still she cried, "bonny boys are few

And if my love leaves me what will I do"

What will I do...