As I went out walking down by the sea shore,
The wind it did whistle, and the waves they did roar
I heard a fair maiden make a pitiful cry
It sounded so lonesome in the waters nearby
I never will marry, I'll be no man's wife
I'd rather stay single for the rest of my life
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
He's gone, and I never will see him no more
The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed
And fish in deep water swim over my head
I never will marry, I'll be no man's wife
I'd rather stay single for the rest of my life
She threw her fair body in the water so deep
She closed her pretty blue eyes in one long last sleep
The shells in the ocean and the fish in the sea
They all have their places, but there's no place for me
I never will marry, I'll be no man's wife
I'd rather stay single for the rest of my life