Oh youґre welcome home again Said the young man to his love I have waited for many a night and day You look tired and youґre pale Said the young man to his love You shall never again go away
I must go away again when the little cock will crow For here they will not let me stay Oh but if I had my way Said the young man to his love This night would be never ever day
Oh my pretty pretty cock Oh my handsome little cock I pray you never crow before the day And your comb shall be made Of the finest beaten gold And your wings of the silver so grey
But oh this little cock, this handsome little cock He crew out a full hour too soon Oh my darling she said, it is time for us to part It is now the going down of the moon
Then where is your bed My dearest dear? he said And where are your fine holland sheets? And where are your waiting maids, Dearest dear? He said, to wait upon you While you are asleep
The clay is my bed, my dearest dear she said The shroud is my fine holland sheet And the worms and the creeping things Are me waiting maids to wait upon me While I am asleep