[Verse 1]
I know my love by his way of walkin'
And I know my love by his way of talkin'
And I know my love, dressed in suits of blue
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

[Chorus]
And still she cried – "Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?"

[Verse 2]
If my love knew I could wash and wring
If my love knew I could sew and spin
I'd make him a suit of the finest kind
But the want of money leaves me behind

[Chorus]
And still she cried – "Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

[Verse 3]
There is a dancehall at Maradyke
And there my true love goes every night
And takes a strange one upon his knee
And now, don't you think that it vexes me?
[Chorus]
And still she cried – "Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

[Verse 4]
I know my love is an arrant rover
And that he'll rove the wide world over
And dear old Ireland, he'll never tarry
For a foreign one, he's sure to marry

[Chorus]
And still she cried – "Bonny boys are few
And if my love leaves me, what will I do?