Oh I can't you see the little turtle dove

Sitting under the mulberry tree

See how that she does mourn for her true love

As I shall mourn for thee, my love

As I shall mourn for thee

Oh fare thee well, my little turtle dove

And fare thee well for a while

For though you go, you'll surely return

If you go ten thousand miles, my love

If you go ten thousand miles

Ten thousand miles is very far away

For you to return to me

You'll leave me here to lament and wail the day

My tears you will not see, my love

My tears you will not see

The crow that's black, my little turtle dove

Shall change its color white

If I prove false to the songbird that I love

The noonday shall sound as night, my love

The noonday shall sound as night

The hills shall fly, my little turtle dove

And the roaring billows burn

Before my heart shall suffer to me to fail

Or I a traitor turn, my love

Or I a traitor turn

Or I a traitor turn

Or I a traitor turn

Or I a traitor turn

Or I a traitor turn

The stars shall fall, my little turtle dove

And the rocks melt with the sun

If I prove false to the mother that I love

Till all these things be done, my love

Till all these things be done