[Verse 1]
On one morning
In the month of may
When all the birds
Were singing
I saw a lovely maiden stray
Across the fields at break of day
She softly sung her roundelay

[Chorus]
The tide flows in
The tide flows out
Twice every day returning

[Verse 2]
Her cheeks were red
Her eyes were brown
Her hair in ringlets hanging down
Upon her face to hide the frown

[Chorus]
Just as the tide was a flowing
The tide flows in
The tide flows out
Twice every day returning
[Verse 3]
A sailor's wife at home must bide
She halted heavily she sighed
"he parted from poor me, a bride
I'm widowed by the sea," she cried

[Chorus]
Just as the tide was a flowing
The tide flows in
The tide flows out
Twice every day returning