The cocks are crowing, daylight is appearing
It's drawing nigh to the break of day
Arise, my darling, out of your slumber
Arise, my darling, and let me in
And when he came to his true love's window
He kneeled low down upon a stone
And through the window he whispered softly
"Arise, my darling, and let me in"
"Well, who is that that is at my window?
And who is that that gives me no rest?"
"'Tis I, 'tis I a poor wounded lover
Who fain would speak with you, love, awhile"
"Then go away, love, and ask your daddy
If he would have you my bride to be
But if he says no then return and tell me
For this is the last time I will trouble thee"
"Oh my dada is in his bed chamber
He's fast asleep on his bed of ease
But in his pocket there lies a letter
Which reads far, love, on to your disgrace"
"Oh what disgrace can he do unto me?
A faithful husband to you I'll be
And what other neighbours have 'round their houses
The same, my darling, you would have with me"
"Then go away, love, and ask your mammy
If she would have you my bride to be
But if she says no then return and tell me
For this is the last time I will trouble thee"
"Oh my mama, she's an old aged woman
And scarce can hear, love, one word I say
But she'd have you go, love, and court some other
For I'm not a fitting girl your bride to be"
"I'll go away but I'll court no other
My heart is linked all on your charms
I'd have you go, love, and leave your mammy
For you're only fit to lie in your love's arms"
"I'll go away unto the wild mountains
Where I'll see nothing but the wild deer
And I'll eat nothing but the wild herbs sure
I'll drink nothing but my true love's tears"
"And if the Kellybawn, it were mine in the chorus
And the green fields, they were mine and wide
If my pen was made of the tempered steel sure
My true love's praises I could never write"
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