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.