One morning as I went a-fowling Bright Phoebus adorning the plain It was down by the shores of Lough Erne I met with a beautiful dame Her voice was so sweet and so pleasing These beautiful notes she did sing The innocent fowl of the forest Their loving to her they did bring It being the first time I met her My heart it did leap with surprise I thought that she could be nor mortal But an angel that fell from the skies Her hair it hung down in gold tresses Her skin was as white as the snow Her cheeks were as red as the roses That bloom along Lough Erne's shore When I heard that my love was eloping These words unto her I did say Oh, take me to your habitation For cupid has led me astray All my life I will keep the commandments They say that it is the best plan Young maidens who yield to men's pleasures The scriptures do say they are wrong Oh, Mary don't accuse me of weakness All treachery I do disown I will make you a lady of honor If with me this night you'll come home Had I all the wealth of great Alladin His gold and his jewels what's more I would part with them all for to win you And live along Lough Erne's shore