| I wish I were on yonder hill | 
| 'Tis there I’d sit and cry my fill, | 
| And ev’ry tear would turn a mill, | 
| Iss guh day thoo a voorneen slawn. | 
| cho: Shule, shule, shule aroon | 
| Shule go succir agus, shule go kewn; | 
| Shule go dheen durrus oggus aylig lume, | 
| Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. * | 
| I’ll sell my rod, I’ll sell my reel | 
| I’ll sell my only spinning wheel | 
| To by my love a sword of steel | 
| Iss guh day thoo a voorneen slawn. | 
| I’ll dye my petticoats, I’ll dye them red | 
| And through the streets I’ll beg my bread, | 
| Until my parents shall wish me dead | 
| Iss guh day thoo a voorneen slawn. | 
| I wish, I wish, I wish in vain | 
| I wish I had my heart again, | 
| And vainly think I’d not complain | 
| Iss guh day thoo a voorneen slawn. | 
| But now my love has gone to France | 
| To try his fortune to advance. | 
| If he e’er come back, 'tis but a chance | 
| Iss guh day thoo a voorneen slawn. | 
| Quickly come to me, softly move, | 
| Come to the door and away we’ll flee, | 
| And safe forever may my darling be. |