Written by Traditional
E B7 E A One morning as I rambled all down the seashore, E B7 E the wind it did whistle, and the waters did roar. E B7 E A I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound, E B7 E it sounded so lonesome in the waters around. E B7 E A I never will marry, or be no man's wife, E B7 E I expect to live single all the days of my life. E B7 E A The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed, E B7 E the fish in deep water swim over my head. E B7 E A She plunged her fair body in the waters so deep, E B7 E she closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep. E B7 E A My love's gone and left me, the one I adore, E B7 E she's gone where I never will see her anymore. E B7 E A I never will marry, or be no man's wife, E B7 E I expect to live single all the days of my life. E B7 E A The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed, E B7 E the fish in deep water swim over my head.