These are the words to the Sean Dunphy version


I once stood in a harbour, as a ship was going out,
On a voyage unto a port beyond the sea.
I watched the blue-clad sailor, as he bade his last farewell
To the lassie who he loved most tenderly.
I heard the sailor promise to the lassie now in tears,
"When the fields are white with daisies I'll return,

"When the fields are white with daisies, and the roses bloom again,
Let the love light in your heart most brightly burn,
For I love you, sweetheart, only, and remember when you're lonely,
When the fields are white with daisies I'll return."

For the news she heard that morning, that the ship had sailed away,
And would anchor at the harbour ne'er again,
Alone she stood there weeping, for the one she mourned as dead,
When a voice beside her whispered, "Molly dear,
God has spared me for your keeping, and the promise once I made,
When the fields are white with daisies I'll return,

"When the fields are white with daisies and the roses bloom again,
Let the love light in your heart most brightly burn,
For I love you, sweetheart, only, and remember when you're lonely,
When the fields are white with daisies I'll return."
(I'll return)