Now a' is done that men can do,
And a' is done in vain;
My love and native land farewell,
For I maun cross the main, [must]
My dear,
For I maun cross the main.
He turn'd him right and round about
Upon the Irish shore;
And gae his bridle-reins a shake, [gave]
With adieu for evermore,
My dear,
Adieu for evermore.
The sodger from the wars returns, [soldier]
The sailor frae the main;
But I hae parted frae my love,
Never to meet again,
My dear,
Never to meet again.
When day is gane, and night is come,
And a' folk bound to sleep,
I think on him that's far awa',
The lee-lang night, and weep, [live-long]
My dear,
The lee-lang night, and weep.
COME BOAT ME O'ER TO CHARLIE
Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er,
Come boat me o'er to Charlie;
I'll gie John Ross another bawbee, [half-penny]
To boat me o'er to Charlie.
We'll o'er the water, we'll o'er the sea,
We'll o'er the water to Charlie;
Come weal, come woe, we'll gather and go,
And live or die wi' Charlie.
I lo'e weel my Charlie's name, [love]
Tho' some there be abhor him:
But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, [going]
And Charlie's faes before him! [foes]
I swear and vow by moon and stars,
And sun that shines so clearly,
If I had twenty thousand lives,
I'd die as aft for Charlie.
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