I Know My Love (featuring The Chieftains)

I know my love by his way of walking

And I know my love by his way of talking

And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

And still she cried, I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure can know no rest

And still she cried, bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

There is a dance house in maradyke

And there my true love goes every night

He takes a strange girl upon his knee

Well now don’t you think that that vexes me?

And still she cried, I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure can know no rest

And still she cried, bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

If my love knew I can wash and wring

If my love knew I can sew and spin

I’d make a coat of the finest kind

But the want of money sure leaves me behind

And still she cried, I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure can know no rest

And still she cried, bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

I know my love is an arrant rover

I know he’ll wander the wild world over

In dear old ireland he’ll no longer tarry

An american girl he’s sure to marry

And still she cried, I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure can know no rest

And still she cried, bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

And still she cried, I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure can know no rest

And still she cried, bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me, what will I do?

What will I do?