How often haunting the highest hilltop I scan the ocean, a sail to see Will it come tonight, love, will it come tomorrow Will it ever come, love, to comfort me
Fear-a-uata, no horoway-la Fear-a-uata, no horoway-la Fear-a-uata, no horoway-la O fare thee well, love, where'er thee be
They call thee fickle, they call thee false one And seek to change me but all in vain For Thou art my dream yet through the dark night And every morning I watch the main
There's not a hamlet, too well I know it, Where you go wandering or stay awhile But all its old folk you win with talking And charm its maidens with song and smile
Dost thou remember the promise made me, The Tartan Plaid, a silken gown That ring of gold with thy hair and portrait That gown and ring I will never own