Craigie Hill

It being in the springtime

and the small birds they were singing

Down by yon shady harbour

I carelessly did stray

when the thrushes they were warbling

The violets they were charming

To view fond lovers talking

a while I did delay

She said,my dear

don't leave me not for another season

Though fortune may be pleasing

I 'll go along with you

and I 'll giveup friends and relations

and I 'll quit this Irish nation

And to the bonny Bann banks forever I 'll bid adieu.

He said,my dear

don't grieve

nor yet annoy my patience

you know that I love you dearly although I'm going away

I'm going to a surfing nation

to purchase a plantation，

To comfort us here after all in Amerikay.

The landlords and their agents

The bailiffs and their beagles

The land of our forefathers

We’re going for to giveo’er

And Now we’re sailing o’er the ocean for honour and promotion

And parting with our sweethearts – its them we do adore

If I were you were lying I'll thinking of the dying

One sight of the bonny Bann banks, and your sorrow you'd give over

And if you were down one hour

All in her shady bower

Pleasure would surround you

you'd think on death no more

So fare with you well

So sweet Cragie Hill

where often times I've roved

I never thought my childhood days I 'd part with you no more

Now we‘re sailing on the ocean for honour and promotion

And the bonny boats are sailing,way down by Doorin shore