man never dies It blooms for all eternity Where the soul of man never dies CHORUS A love light beams across the foam Where the soul of man never dies It shines to light
I courted a sailor for six months and many, I courted a sailor, now he's far from me. I courted a sailor for six months and many, I courted a sailor,
A wager with you my pretty fair maid Five hundred pounds to your ten A maid you will go to the merry green broom And a maid you?ll no longer return-o
My young man wears a frown With his eyes all closed and his head bowed down, My young man never sleeps. The rain it falls upon his back The dust before
There was a lord, lived in this town Who had a handsome, lovely daughter. She was courted by a fair young man Who was a servant to her father. But when
Oh dear me what do mine eyes see James Renald and my love sat under yon tree My heart it bleeds For she loves him indeed Sing hi lo lay at the end of
It happened one evening at the playing of ball When first I met Willie, he was proper, he was tall He was neat, fair and handsome, straight in each limb
Some tyrant has stolen my true love away And here in old England I can no longer stay I'll cross the wide ocean, ne'er on my bed rest In search of my
Lay me down gently, lay me down low, I fear I am broken and won't mend, I know. One thing I ask when the stars light the skies, Who now will sing me
This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I?ve only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died
William and Davy were born in one hall They grew side by side, as they grew strong and tall Shared most things, only quarrelled now and then In twenty
