I once loved a boy and a bold Irish boy
Who would come and go at my request
And this bold Irish boy was my pride and my joy
And I built him a bower in my breast
I once loved a boy and a bonny bonny boy
And a boy that I thought was my own
But he loved another far deeper than me
And has taken his flight and is gone
But this girl who has taken my bonny bonny boy
Let her make of him all that she can
And whether he loves me or loves me not
I will walk with my love now and then.
Who would come and go at my request
And this bold Irish boy was my pride and my joy
And I built him a bower in my breast
I once loved a boy and a bonny bonny boy
And a boy that I thought was my own
But he loved another far deeper than me
And has taken his flight and is gone
But this girl who has taken my bonny bonny boy
Let her make of him all that she can
And whether he loves me or loves me not
I will walk with my love now and then.