v.1
One night as I rambled down by the seashore
The wind it did whistle, and the water did roar
I heard a fair maiden make a pitiful sound
She sounded so lonesome in the waters around

v.2
I never will marry, or be no man's wife
I expect to live single, all the days of my life
The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed
The fish in deepwater swim over my head

Instr. Brk

v.3
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
He's gone where I never will see her the more
She plunged her fair body in the water so deep
She closed her blue eyes in the water to sleep

v.4
I never will marry, or be no man's wife
I expect to live single all the days of my life
The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed
The fish in deep water swim over my head