Fare thee well

My own true love

Farewell for a while

I'm going away

But I'll be back

Though I go 10,000 miles



10,000 miles my own true love

10,000 miles or more

The rocks may melt

And the seas may burn

If I should not return



Oh don't you see

That lonesome dove

Sitting on an ivy tree

She's weeping for

Her own true love

As shall weep for mine



Oh come ye back

My own true love

And stay a while with me

If I had a friend

On this Earth

You've been a friend to me