Said the father to his daughter: "What makes you so lament?
Ain't there no young man in all this world that can't your heart content?
That can't your heart content?
Ain't there no young man in all this world that can't your heart content?"

Said the daughter to her father: "I'll tell you the reason why:
You sent that young man a-crossing the sea, that would me satisfy.
That would me satisfy.
You sent that young man a-crossing the sea, that would me satisfy."

Said the father to his daughter: "Five hundred pounds I'll give,
If you'll forsake that sailor boy and come back with me to live.
And come back with me to live.
If you'll forsake that sailor boy and come back with me to live."

For nine long months she watched the sea, and three long lingering days,
When she saw a ship come rolling in with her true love on the stays.
With her true love on the stays.
When she saw a ship come rolling in with her true love on the stays.

She said: "Yonder set my angel, a-watching there for me:
Tomorrow to the church we'll go and married we will be.
Tomorrow to the church we'll go,
Tomorrow to the church we'll go and married we will be.

And I'm happy in my mind --
For I'll soon be married to the man I love,
And I'm happy in my mind."