Here is to all true lovers And to mine wherever she may be This very night I shall go and see her Although she is away many miles from me Away, away I can stay no longer The sweet Boyne water I'll have to cross And over high hills I'll roam with pleasure One night to be with my own true love And if this night was as dark as dungeon And not a star, love, oh to appear I would be guided without a stumble Up to the harbor where dwells my dear And when I came to my true love's window I stooped down low all on a stone And through a pane I did whisper slowly "Are you awake, love? Are you at home?" Then she arose from her soft, down pillow And soon uncovered her snow-white breast Saying, "Who is there at my bedroom window Disturbing me from my long night's rest?" "'Tis I, 'tis I, your own true love Willy Why don't you rise, love, and let me in? For I am tired of my long night's journey Besides, love, I am wet to the skin" Then she rose up in a great hurry And soon unlocked the door she done And there they lay in each other's arms Wishing the daylight would never shine in Oh daylight, daylight is now approaching Yon dreary mountain I'll have to climb And I will climb it without a stumble Leaving the arms of my own true love "Oh you may go and ask your father And if he's willing, my sweet bride you'll be Oh was he says, return and tell me For this is the last night I'll trouble thee" "I may not go for to ask my father For he is sitting in his lordly air And in his right hand he holds a letter Which reads the most part of your career" "Oh you may go then and ask your mother And if she's willing, my sweet bride you'll be Oh what she says, return and tell me For this is the last night I'll trouble thee" "I may not go for to ask my mother For signs of sweethearts she can't endure So you may go and try some other For this is the last night I'll trouble thee" He pulled out a silver dagger And stuck it in through his snow-white breast Saying, "Aye, adieu to my parents And to the young girl that I love best Oh lay me down in yon green valley Put a marble stone at my head and feet And lay my true love right down beside me Adieu, dear parents, for me don't weep"