Fare thee well my own true love
And farewell for a while
I'm going away, but I'll be back
Though I go ten thousand miles

Ten thousand miles, my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I should not return

Oh, don't you see that lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
She's weeping for her own true love
As I will weep for mine

Oh, come ye back my own true love
Stay a while with me
If I had a friend all on this earth
You've been a friend to me