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