I know my love by his way of walking And I know my love by his way of talking And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue And if my love leaves me, what will I do? And still she cried: I love him the best And a troubled mind sure can know no rest And still she cried: Bonny boys are few And if my love leaves me, what will I do? There is a dance house in maradyke And there my true love goes every night He takes a strange girl upon his knee Well, now don't you think that that vexes me? And still she cried: I love him the best And a troubled mind sure can know no rest And still she cried: Bonny boys are few And if my love leaves me, what will I do? If my love knew I can wash and wring If my love knew I can sew and spin I'd make a coat of the finest kind But the want of money sure leaves me behind And still she cried: I love him the best And a troubled mind sure can know no rest And still she cried: Bonny boys are few And if my love leaves me, what will I do? I know my love is an errant rover I know he'll wander the wild world over In dear old ireland, he'll no longer tarry An American girl he's sure to marry And still she cried: I love him the best And a troubled mind sure can know no rest And still she cried: Bonny boys are few And if my love leaves me, what will I do? And still she cried: I love him the best And a troubled mind sure can know no rest And still she cried: Bonny boys are few And if my love leaves me what will I do? What will I do?