Damsels Lament (I Will Never Marry) - The Brothers Four (四兄弟)

Written by：Gladden

One day as I rambled

One day as I rambled down by the seashore

Down by the seashore

The wind it did whistle

The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar

And the waters did roar

I spide a fair tazor

I spide a fair tazor make a pitiful cry

Make a pitiful cry

She sounded so lonesome

She sounded so lonesome in the waters nearby

In the waters nearby

Think

I never will marry I'll be no man's wife

I expect to stay 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

She plunged her fair body

She plunged her fair body in the water so deep

In the water so deep

She closed her pretty blue eyes

She closed her pretty blue eyes in the water to sleep

In the water to sleep

Think

I never will marry I'll be no man's wife

I expect to stay 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

Think

I never will marry