Going down the shady dell
Where the honeysuckles grow
I met lovely Katy Bell
(Sweet Katy Bell)
With her dimpled cheeks aglow

Oh! the beauties of her face
As she flitted by apace
With a step of fairy grace
My poor words can never tell

Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell
Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell

All the flowers in the dell
Seem'd to own her for their queen
Bright and peerless Katy Bell
(Sweet Katy Bell)
Fairer flow'r was never seen

How I loved the very ground
Over which she'd lightly bound
With her sunny ringlets crown'd
I can never never tell
Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell
Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell

Long I waited in the dell
Where the honeysuckles grow
Waited for sweet Katy Bell
(Sweet Katy Bell)
Till the sun was sinking low

And before I left her side
In the quiet eventide
I had won her for my bride
Won my bonny Katy Bell

Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell
Katy Bell lives in the dell
How I love her none can tell

Going down the shady dell
Gotta see my Katy Bell
My poor words can never tell
Just how I feel about my Katy Bell
Oh, Katy (Oh, Katy)