T´was midnight on the stormy deep
My solitary watch I´d keep
And I think of her I´d left behind
And ask if she´d be true and kind

I never shall forget the day
That I was forced to go away
In silence there my head she´d rest
And press me to her loving breast

Oh Willy don´t go back to sea
There´s other girls as good as me
But none can love you true as I
Pray don´t go where the bullets fly

The deep deep sea may us divide
And I may be some other´s bride
But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
To thee when thou are far away

I never have proved false to thee
The heart I gave was true as thine
But you have proved untrue to me

I can no longer call thee mine

Then fare-thee-well I´d rather make
My home upon some icy lake
Where the southern sun refused to shine
Then to trust a love so false as thine