My mother and grandmother sang this song to us from as far back as I remember (and I'm 56!) The words we sang were more like Aine's version, with a few changes.

There's Somebody Waiting for You

In a cool shady nook
By the side of a brook
Two sweet maidens were fishing alone.
And the younger girl wished
For a sweetheart she never had known

Then the older girl said
With a toss of her head
'Cheer up, dear, there's no cause to be blue,
'Your love you've not met,
'But, he'll come to you yet,
'For there's somebody waiting for you.'

Refrain:
Somewhere someone is waiting for you, you, you
Somewhere, someone is longing whose heart is true.
Sometime, you'll love somebody who'll love you, too.
Somewhere someone is waiting for you, you, you.

Then a youth passing by
Heard the sisters' reply
And he joined in their chat, having fun.
He said, 'It is true
Someone's waiting for you
And I wish you thought I was the one.'

Then they talked for a while
And he said with a smile,
"What you say may be right, dear, that's true.
But, if you are wrong,
You will not worry long,
'For there's somebody waiting for you.'

Repeat refrain.