Oh Willie my darling come back

I will ever be faithful and true

Oh Willie my darling come back

I'll forever be faithful to you



I remember once that he said

He loved me better than his life

He called me his darling his wife

Then asked me to be his own bride



Oh darling he said I am sure

Your heart is made of a stone

He took a white rose from my hair

Then left me a standing alone



The next fateful day Willie was dead

He was found in the pond near the mill

Oh the clear precious waters so fair

That flows from the branch of the hills



His blue eyes were forever closed

And damp was his golden hair

And close to his pale lips was found

The white rose he took from my hair