| lyric | Come all ye boys both far and near
and acushla listen unto me
A dreadful story you row shall hear,
of my true love and me,
O courted long, and my love was as strong,
as a big black bog oak tree
In the bog, ochone! I am left alone,
Nell has sailed for Aerikay
Refrain:
For my love Nell was an Irish girl, From the Cove of Cork came seh,
Oh, I weeped and I wiled, when the big ship sailed, To the shores af Amerikay.
Mind, you boys, both far and near
And a warning take by me.
One bird in the hand you will understand
Is worth thirty thousand million on the tree.
Persuade you may to name the day,
Say, ‘Your time ma’am_suits me,’
Or as slippery as an eel they will turn on their heel,
And be off to Amerikay.
When we got to the church I was left in the lurch,
But let that one go by,
When we got to the door, Nell said she was poor
‘Oh,’ says I, ‘then, Nell, goodbye.’
‘You’re an Irish girl, faith, I know well,
But ye won’t come over me.’
‘Then,’ says Nell, ‘D’ye mind, faith, I leave ye behind,
And I’ll sail for Amerikay.’ |