One morning as I rambled All down the seashore The wind it did whistle Oh, the waters did roar I heard a fair damsel Make a pitiful sound It sounded so lonesome In the waters around I never will marry Or be no man's wife I expect to live single All the days of my life The shells in the ocean Will be my deathbed The fish in deep water Swim over my head I never will marry Or be no man's wife I expect to live single All the days of my life The shells in the ocean Will be my deathbed The fish in deep water Swim over my head