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One morning I rambled
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down by the seashore
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and the wind it did whistle
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and the waves they did roar
I heard some fair maiden
give a terrible cry
and it sounded so lonely
and it swept up so high
Said William to Molly
If you will agree
to give your consent love
and marry me
For my mind is to marry
and never to part
for the first time I saw you
you wounded my heart
(Break)
Go away from me, William
and leave me alone
Cuz I’m just a poor girl
a long way from home
No, I never will marry
nor be no man’s wife
I’m content to live single
all the days of my life
The shoal in the ocean
will be my death bed
with the fish in deep water
swimmin’ over my head
She cast her fair body
into the water so deep
and she closed her bonny-blue eyes
forever to sleep
(Break)
Bonus Lyrics:
She rose in the evening
from a watery grave
and shambled to shore
with a hunger for brains
She saw William's cottage
and groaned even more
Light flickered inside
when she banged on the door
He turned the door handle
and cried in surprise
while dropping his lantern
She raked at his eyes
Inside they both stumbled
while flames grew so bright
their love was devouring
and burned through the night