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...