Come all you good wives and true husbands May God bless your nights and your days! And listen to my lamentation Then pray for me if you can pray. The very first time that I saw her I hardly could keep on my feet Cause she was as fair as an angel Appeared by chance in the street.
Oh oh oh Set me free! Take my Bonnie from me! Oh oh oh Set me free! Won't you please take my Bonnie from me!
At first we were happy together I pleased her and she did the same At night she did open me Heaven I only could whisper her name. A half year passed in a moment As soon as I called her my wife I cursed the blessed day when I met her Cause this was the end of me life.
My Bonnie's a bloodthirsty monster She's gulping my blood as her wine My Bonnie's a human flesh roaster A witch and a bitch and a swine! She hates me as the Devil hates Easter She treats me as the worst kind of slave Lucifer's dearest sister She will dance a jig on me grave.
Oh bring me a glass full of whiskey Oh bring me a glass full of gin I'll drink to your friends and relations For I know the truth is within. Come all you good wives and true husbands May God bless your nights and your days! And listen to my lamentation Then pray for me if you can pray.