On the lonely seabeat shore
A maiden fair was weeping
Calling one who far away
Beneath the wave was sleeping

Thus her sad unchanging strain
Floated ever on the main
Come o'er the billow
Ride the wave
Come while the wind bloweth
Willie my brave!

He said his bark would soon return
And with a kiss they parted;
But when a year had passed away
She then grew weary hearted;

Oh! 'twas sad, from day to day
To hear thе maiden's plaintive lay
Come o'еr the billow
Ride on the wave
Come while the wind bloweth
Willie my brave!

None who knew the maiden's grief
And saw her heart's devotion
Would tell her of the fragile bark
That sank beneath the ocean;
But when all hope had passed away
Her life breathed forth its parting lay
Come o'er the billow
Ride on the wave
Come while the wind bloweth
Willie my brave!