Young Willie

Mary McCarthy’s version

Oh many waters I’ve travelled, oh they’re dark, wide and deep

Many mountains I’ve climbed o’er, ah many valleys I see

Oh young Willie you were my true love and I loved only one

Ah cruel father, cruel father, ah what have you done

You have taken my Willie, he lies silent and deep

Plant a red rose at his heart love, ah plant white at his feet

Oh this wide world I’ll travel and I’ll love only one

Oh young Willie I’ll be with you, all in the shape of a swan

Ah cruel father, cruel father, you have left me with none

And my world is destroyed, for I loved only one

Ah from dark light till morning and from early till dawn

Ah young Willie I will lie with you all in the shape of a swan