[Verse 1]
In Armagh town, where I did dwell
A butcher boy, I loved right well
He courted me, my life away
But now with me, he will not stay

[Verse 2]
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
A maid again I ne'er will be
'Till cherries grow on an ivy tree

[Verse 3]
I wish, I wish, my baby was born
And smiling on its daddy's knee
And me poor girl to be dead and gone
With the long green grass growing over me

[Verse 4]
She went upstairs to go to bed
On callin for, her mother said
"Give me a chair 'till I sit down
A pen and ink 'till I write down"

[Verse 5]
With every word she dropped a tear
And every line cried "Willie dear
Oh, what a foolish girl was I
To be led astray by a butcher boy"
[Verse 6]
He went upstairs and the door he broke
He found her there, hanging from a rope
He took his knife and cut her down
And in her pocket, these words he found:

[Verse 7]
"Oh, make my grave large, wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet
And in the middle, lay a turtle dove
So the world might know, I died for love"