Willie O Songtext
von Sam Lee

Here′s a health to all true lovers
And here's to mine, wherever he may be
This very night I′ll go and see her
Although she is a many's long way from me

As Mary lay sleeping, her love came creeping
Through her bedroom door did go
Saying "Rise up Mary, lovely Mary
I'm your charming Willie-O"

And Mary arose and put on her clothing
And to her bedroom door did go
And there she found her own true lover
Cheeks they were as white as the lily snow

"And Willie, dear, where are those blushes
That you had some years ago?"
"Mary dear, the clay has changed
I′m but the ghost of your Willie-O"


They spent that night in sweet conversation
Concerning courtship years ago
For they shook hands in sorrowful parting
Just as the cock was beginning to crow

And as they were in sweet conversation
Down her cheeks the tears did flow
"Farewell, Mary, I must leave you
I′m but the ghost of your Willie-O"

"Willie, dear, when will we meet again?"
"When fishes they do fly
And the seas they do run dry
And the rocks they will melt to the sun"
"And the rocks they'll melt to the sun"
"And the rocks they′ll melt to the sun"

"The cocks are crowing, love, I must be going
The cocks are crowing, love, I must away"
"The cocks are crowing, love, I must be going
The cocks are crowing, love, I must away"
"The cocks are crowing, love, I must be going
For we are but servants, love, and I must obey"