Craigie Hill

It being in springtime

The small birds they were a-singing

Down by a shady arbour

A careless deed did stray

Where the thrushes they were warbling

The violets were charming

For to hear two lovers talking

Why, life did delay

She said, "My dear, don't leave me

All for another season

Though fortune may be pleasing

I'll go along with you

I'll forsake friends and relations

And quit this Irish nation

And to the bonny Bann begs

Forever I'll be due"

He said, "My dear, don't grieve me

Or yet annoy my patience

You know I'll love you dearly

Although I'm going away

I'm going to some foreign nation

To purchase a plantation

For to comfort us hereafter"

All in a merry keg

"The landlords and their agents

Their bailiffs and their beagles

The lands of our forefathers

We're forced for to give o'er

For we're sailing on the ocean

For honor and promotion

And we're parting with our sweethearts

It's them we do adore"

"If you were in your bed lying

And thinking on dying

One sight of the bonny Bann begs

Your sorrows you'd give o'er

And if you were but for one hour

All in her shady bower

Pleasure would surround you

You'd think on death no more"

"So, fare thee well, sweet Craighill

Where oftentimes I've roved in

I never thought in my childhood days

I'd part you anymore

For we're sailing on the ocean

For honor and promotion

And the bonny boats a-sailing

Way down by Durin's shore"