WHEN COCKLESHELLS TURN SILVER BELLS (Waly, Waly)

When cockleshells turn silver bells,
And mussels grow on ev'ry tree;
When roses grow midst winter's snow
Then will my love return to me.

cho: O waly, waly, but love is bonnie
A little time when it is new.
But when it's old, it groweth cold
And fades away like morning dew.

O had I wist, before I kissed
That love had been so ill to win;
I'd locked my heart in case of gold
And pinned it with a silver pin.

Note: Still another yet of the Waly, or Water is Wide
variations. This one is English, early 17'th century and
pretty. Words from different versions seem to be
interchangeable. See ÿWALYWALY,ÿWATRWIDE,ÿGOBOUND
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