It being in the springtime and the small birds they were singing, @y9_\mX!s
Down by yon shady harbour I carelessly did stray, @y9_\mX!s
The thrushes they were warbling, @y9_\mX!s
The violets they were charming @y9_\mX!s
To view fond lovers talking, a while I did delay. @y9_\mX!s
She said, my dear don't leave me all for another season, @y9_\mX!s
Though fortune does be pleasing I 'll go along with you, @y9_\mX!s
I 'll forsake friends and relations and bid this Irish nation, @y9_\mX!s
And to the bonny Bann banks forever I 'll bid adieu. @y9_\mX!s
He said, my dear don't grieve or yet annoy my patience, @y9_\mX!s
You know I love you dearly the more I'm going away, @y9_\mX!s
I'm going to a foreign nation to purchase a plantation, @y9_\mX!s
To comfort us hereafter all in Amerika y. @y9_\mX!s
Then after a short while a fortune does be pleasing, @y9_\mX!s
T'will cause them for smile at our late going away, @y9_\mX!s
We'll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest glory, @y9_\mX!s
We'll be drinking wine and porter all in Amerika y. @y9_\mX!s
If you were in your bed lying and thinking on dying, @y9_\mX!s
The sight of the lovely Bann banks, your sorrow you'd give o'er, @y9_\mX!s
Or if were down one hour, down in yon shady bower, @y9_\mX!s
Pleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no more. @y9_\mX!s
Then fare you well, sweet Craigie Hills, where often times I've roved, @y9_\mX!s
I never thought my childhood days I 'd part you any more, @y9_\mX!s
Now we're sailing on the ocean for honour and promotion, @y9_\mX!s
And the bonny boats are sailing, way down by Doorin shore.
