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There lived, as I've heard say

Down by a running water,

An old man and his wife

Who had a charming daughter.



One night Kate said to John

"I've had a troubled fancy,

I heard the waters roar

And thought upon our Nancy."



"If Tom and Nance should wed

And such a thing there may be

Their marriage might bring about

A prattling little baby."



"When that dear babe could walk

And just begin to waddle

Perchance he might come hear

And in the water paddle."



"I know he will be drowned

I hear those waters calling,

O pretty sweet baby."

And both began a-bawling.



No doubt it was but fate

That brought those lovers walking

To where old John and Kate

Were a-sighing and a-talking.



They all sat on the green

While Katie told her fancy

How they did weep and wail

Tom, old man, Kate and Nancy.



They all went crying home

Tom, old man, wife and daughter

Each night the ghost doth come

And cries upon the water.



From Traditional American Folk Songs, Warner and Warner

Collected from Lena Bourne Fish, 1940.



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