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You maidens now pity this sorrowful moan I make

I am a young maiden in grief for my darling sake

My true lovers absence in sorrow I grieve full sore

And each day I lament for my Jimmy míƒ³ mhíƒle stíƒ³r

Now these twelve months and better my darling has left these shores

And he'll never return till he travels the wide world o'er

And when he comes back he'll have silver and gold in store

He's the truest of lovers my Jimmy míƒ³ mhíƒle stíƒ³r

~Music~

My father and mother they never will give my head peace

Since my true love has left me to sail o'er the storm seas

They would give me sweetheart with money and flocks and more

But my heart o'er the ocean with Jimmy míƒ³ mhíƒle stíƒ³r

I will go to the wild woods and stay there the rest of my days

Where no living mortal will suffer my soul to tease

And amongst the wild rowans with red berries all drooping o'er

And I'll wait for my true love, Yeh, I'll wait for my true love

I'll wait for my true love my Jimmy míƒ³ mhíƒle stíƒ³r