Blackwater Side Lyrics - Singles - Hazel O'connor

Trad. arr. Hazel O`Connor - Cormac De Barra 

One morning fair as I took the air 

Down by Blackwater Side 

And when staring all around me 

An Irish lad I spied 

All through the far part of the night 

We spent in sport and play 

Then the young man rose and put on his clothes 

Saying faretheewell today 

Go back, go back to your father's garden 

Go back and cry your fill 

And think upon your sad misfortune 

You brought on by your wanton will 

That's not the promise that you made to me 

When you lay on my breast 

I would have believed with your lying tongue 

That the sun rose in the west 

Go back, go back to your father's garden 

Go back and cry your fill 

And think upon your sad misfortune 

You brought on by your wanton will 

There's not a girl in this whole wide world 

As easily led as I 

And when fishes do fly and seas do run dry 

It is when you will marry I 

Go back, go back to your father's garden 

Go back and cry your fill 

And think upon your sad misfortune 

You brought on by your wanton will 

You brought on by your wanton will 

You brought on by your wanton will