The Damsel's Lament (I Never Will Marry)

One day as I rambled (one day as I rambled)
Down by the sea shore (down by the sea shore)
The wind it did whistle (the wind it did whistle)
And the water did roar (the water did roar)

I spied a fair damsel (I spied a fair damsel)
Make a pitiful cry (make a pitiful cry)
It sounded so lonesome (it sounded so lonesome)
In the waters nearby (the waters nearby)

Sing I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life

The shells in the ocean
Will be my deathbed
The fish in deep water
Swim over my head

She plunged her fair body (she plunged her fair body)
In the water so deep (in the water so deep)
She closed her sad blue eyes (she closed her sad blue eyes)
In the waters to sleep (in the water to sleep)

Sing I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life

The shells in the ocean
Will be my deathbed
The fish in deep water
Swim over my head

Sing I never will marry