Blackwaterside Lyrics - Denny Sandy

(Traditional) 

One evening fair, I took the air 

Down by Blackwaterside 

'Twas in gazing all around me 

That the Irish lad I spied 

All through the first part of the night 

We did laid, sport and play 

And this young man arose, he gathered his clothes 

Saying, "Fare thee well today" 

That's not the promise that you gave to me 

When the first you lay on my breast 

You could make me believe with your lying tongue 

That the sun rose in the west 

Go home, go home, to your father's garden 

Go home and weep your fill 

And think upon your own misfortune 

That you've wrought with your wanton will 

There's not a girl in this whole town 

As easily led as I 

And when the sky does fall and the seas will run dry 

White stand, you'll marry I