[Verse 1] Come in and close the door, my child Lean close to me and harken Heave and sigh, come and go I am sick and very sick Your father loves another and she goes with child Heave and sigh, come and go
[Verse 2] By the skin of your right hand, pull flowers Of pennyroyal and bring them me Heave and sigh, come and go Climb the wall around the abbey Pull chaste tree from the garden in your leather sheath Heave and sigh, come and go Eventide, new moon glow
[Verse 3] On the way to see the father and lady The child came upon a liquor still Heave and sigh, come and go And there he told the story to the moonshiner Who made the flowers quicker, still Heave and sigh, come and go Eventide, half-moon grow
[Verse 4] Father dear, I've brought a gift for the lady Whose face I see is pale and wan Heave and sigh, come and go And I have brought to you a gift, dear father And both shall keep you safe from harm Heave and sigh, come and go Eventide, full moon glow
[Verse 5] Blossoms from the wood for the lady Who took sick and died that very night Heave and sigh, come and go And flowers from the garden for the husband Whose love shall please the maids no more Heave and sigh, come and go Eventide, no moon glow
[Verse 6] For in a cassock in the abbey, he sweeps The graves of the lady and child unborn Heave and sigh, come and go And in the centre of the town, the mother And child were hung with none to mourn Heave and sigh, come and go Eventide, new moon glowTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.