One morning I rambled
all down the seashore,
The wind it did whistle
and the waters did roar.
I never will marry
or be no man's wife
I expect to live single
all the days of my life.
I heard a fair damsel
make a pitiful sound
It sounded so lonesome
in the waters around.
I never will marry ...
The shells in the ocean
shall be my deathbed
The fish in deep water
swim over my head.
I never will marry ...
She plunged her fair body
in the waters so deep.
She closed her blue eyes
in the waters to sleep.
I never will marry ...
My love's gone
and left me the one I adore.
She's gone where I never
will see her anymore.
I never will marry ...