Down in the valley, valley so low,
hang your head over,
hear the wind blow.
Hear the wind blow, dear,
hear the wind blow,
hang your head over,
hear the wind blow.
If you don't love me,
love whom you please,
put your arms round me,
give my heart ease.
Give my heart ease, dear,
give my heart ease,
put your arms round me,
give my heart ease.
Write me a letter, send it by mail,
send it in care of Birmingham Jail.
Birmingham Jail, Birmingham Jail,
send it in care of Birmingham Jail.
Writing this letter,
containing three lines,
answer my question:
Will you be mine?
Will you be mine, dear,
will you be mine?
Answer my question:
Will you be mine?
Build me a castle, forty feet high,
so I can see her, as she goes by.
As she goes by, dear, as she goes by,
so I can see her, as she goes by.