From The University of Toronto Song Book, edition of 1887 revised and enlarged in 1918 by James Edmund Jones, B.A. (Toronto: W. R. Draper, 1918), page 61 (where it appears with musical notation for 1 voice and piano):


THE MAID FROM ALGOMA.

FIRST VERSION.

1. "Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"I'm going to the 'Varsity, sir," she said,
"And I come away back from Algoma."

CHORUS: Heave away! Heigho! Heigho!
Heave away! Heigho! Heigho!
"I'm going to the 'Varsity, sir," she said,
"And I come away back from Algoma."

2. "What to do there, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"I'm going to be cultured, sir," she said,
"For I come away back from Algoma."—Cho.

3. "What are your studies, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"Chinese and quaternions, sir." she said,
"And I come away back from Algoma."—Cho.

4. "Then who will marry you, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"Cultured girls don't marry, sir," she said,
"And I go away back to Algoma."—Cho.

SECOND VERSION.

1. "Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"I'm going to a lecture, sir," she said.
"And I come away back from Algoma."—Cho.

2. "May I go with yon, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"You wouldn't understand it, sir," she said,
"For I come away back from Algoma."—Cho.

3. "What is the subject, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"Total extinction of man," she said,
"For I go away back to Algoma."—Cho.

4. "Then who will marry you, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho.
"—— will marry me, sir," she said,
"And I go away back to Algoma."—Cho.