Sally my darling I wish I could wed you Oh,Sally my darling I wish I could wed you She smiled and replied Then you'd say I misled you If young girls could sing like Blackbird and thrushes If young girls could sing like Blackbird and thrushes How many young man would go beating the bushes If all the young girls were hares on a mountain If all the young girls were hares on a mountain How many young men would take guns and go hunting Oh Sally, oh Sally It's you I'd be kissing Sally, oh Sally It's you I'd be kissing She smiled and replied You don't know what you're missing If all the young men were ducks on the water If all the young men were ducks on the water How many young girls would undress and dive after If all the young men were hares on the mountain If all the young men were hares on the mountain How many young girls would take guns and do hunting If all the young men were hares on the mountain If all the young men were hares on the mountain