[Verse 1]
Fare you well, my own true love
Farewell for a while
I'm going away, but I'll be back
If I go ten thousand miles

[Verse 2]
Ten thousand miles, my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
And the rocks may melt and the seas may burn
If I no more return

[Verse 3]
Oh, don't you see yon lonesome dove
Sitting on yon ivy tree
She's weeping for her own true love
As I shall weep for mine

[Verse 4]
Oh come back, my own true love
And stay a while with me
For if I had a friend all on this earth
You've been a friend to me