Fare you well my own true love

And farewell for a while.

I’m going away, but I’ll be back

If 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 no more return.

Oh don’t you see that lonesome dove,

Sitting on yon ivy tree,

She’s weeping for her own true love

Just as I shall weep for mine.

Oh come back my own true love

And stay a while with me

For if I had a friend all on this earth,

You’ve been a friend to me.

And fare you well my own true love

And farewell for a while.

I’m going away, but I’ll be back

If I go ten thousand miles.