I once loved a boy and a bold Irish boy Who would come and go at my request And this bold Irish boy was my pride and my joy And I built him a bower in my breast
I once loved a boy and a bonny bonny boy And a boy that I thought was my own But he loved another far deeper than me And has taken his flight and is gone
But this girl who has taken my bonny bonny boy Let her make of him all that she can And whether he loves me or loves me not I will walk with my love now and then.