Fare thee well my own true love 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 seen the turtle dove Sitting on yon ivy tree? She's weeping for her own true love Just as I shall weep for thee 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 Fare thee well my own true love Farewell for a while I'm going away, but I'll be back If I go ten thousand miles