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Traditional |
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The love that I have chosen I therewith be content |
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The salt sea shall be frozen before that I repent |
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Repent it shall I never until the day I dee |
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But the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and me. |
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My love lies in the salt sea and I am on the side |
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It's enough to break a young thing's heart that lately was a bride. |
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But lately was a bonny bride with pleasure in her e'e. |
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But the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and me. |
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My love he built a bonny ship and set her on the sea |
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With seven score good mariners to bear her company. |
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But there's three score of them is sunk and three score dead at sea |
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And the lowlands of Holland has twined my love and me. |
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My love has built another (or: a nether) ship and set her on the sea |
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And nane but twenty mariners all for to bring her hame. |
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But the weary wind began to rise, the sea began to roll |
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And my love then and his bonny ship turned with the shins about. |
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There shall nae a quiff come on my head nor comb come in my hair |
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There shall neither coal nor candlelight shine in my bower mair. |
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And neither will I marry until the day I dee |
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For I never had a love but one and he's drowned in the sea. |
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Oh hold your tongue my daughter dear, be still and be content. |
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There's men enough in Galloway, you need not sore lament. |
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Oh there's men enough in Galloway, alas there's none for me |
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For I never had a love but one and he's drowned in the sea. |
