- What has came this blood on your shirtsleeve, o, dear love, tell me? - This is the blood of the old grey horse, that ploughed the field for me. - It does look too pale for the old grey horse, that ploughed the field for you. What has came this blood on your shirtsleeve, o, dear love, tell me? - This is the blood of the old grey hound, that traced the fox for me. - It does look too pale for the old grey hound, that traced the fox for you. What has came this blood on your shirtsleeve, o, dear love, tell me? - This is the blood of my brother-in-law, that went away with me. - And it's what did you fall out about, o, dear love, tell me? - About a little bit of bush, that soon would have made a tree. - And it's what will you do now, my love? O dear love, tell me. - I'll set my foot in yonder ship and I'll sail across the sea. - And it's when will you come back, my love? O dear love, tell me. - When the sun sets into yonder sycamore tree, and that will never be.