I was sitting side by side
With my fond and loving bride
As a soldier who has just returned from war
I've been away for years
From my native land so dear
Fighting for my king and country's cause
But now I have returned
My native land to mourn
I and my loving wife dying in my arms
I pressed her to my heart
Knowing soon that we must part
And these of the loving words he said

Darling live till morn
Let me see the daybreak Dawn
Let me gaze upon your beauty once again
I wished that I was slain
When to Ireland first I came
To meet with you and part so soon again
               

Our hands they were entwined
I was thinking all the time
When to the church I took you for my bride
You vowed you'd never part
With your fond and loving heart
Till death alone would take you from my side

Darling live till morn
Let me see the day break Dawn
Let me gaze upon your beauty once again
I wished that I was slain
When to Ireland first I came
To meet with you and part so soon again

As a soldier I must go
Oh to fight a foreign foe
Cross the stormy ocean wild and wide
In my eyes there stood a tear
One of sadness not of fear
My darling wife died in my arms that night

Darling live till morn
Let me see the daybreak Dawn
Let me gaze upon your beauty once again
I wished that I was slain
When to Ireland first I came
To meet with you and part so soon again