I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I intend to stay single
For the rest of my life

One day as I wandered
Down by the seashore
The wind, it did whistle
And the waters did roar

I heard a poor maiden
Make a pitiful cry
She sounded so lonesome
At the waters nearby

No, I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I intend to stay single
For the rest of my life

My love's gone and left me
He's the one I adore
I never will see him
No, never, no more

The shells in the ocean
Will be my death bed
And the fish in the waters
Swim over my head
She plunged her fair body
In the water so deep
She closed her blue eyes
In the waters to sleep

I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I intend to stay single
For the rest of my life