On a day like today my love sailed away Over the sea tae his homeland Not fortune nor gold could he find in this world And I did despair at his goin’, goin, I did despair at his goin
Twas six months and three he spent here wi’ me But the last he spent secretly knowin’ That one day he’d board the ship at the shore And I would despair at his goin’, goin’, I would despair at his goin’
When he first came tae me his bride for tae be He’d promised me a life of good livin’ But now he has gone I know I was wrong To want more than he would be givin’, givin’ To want more than he would be givin’
Now as I stand, my son at my hand I think of the life he may lead No father has he, but a man he will be For I’ll raise him with all that he could need, could need I’ll raise him with all that he could need