Текст песни: Lakes Of Shillin + перевод

Well it’s early one morning Billy Henry arose

And straight to his comrade’s bed-chamber he goes

Saying «Rise loving comrade let nobody know

To the dark and chilly waters a-bathing we’ll go»

Billy instantly stripped and then he went in

And he swam the dark waters all round and around

Saying «Oh my loving comrade oh don’t you go in

For I see there is a coffin in the Lakes of Shillin»

But the other one he stripped and then he went in

And he swam the dark waters all round and around

Saying «Oh my loving Billy why did you go in

To the dark and chilly waters in the Lakes of Shillin»

Now there was an old woman who lived there close by

She went to Billy’s parents and she made this reply

«Well your son he went a-bathing as I’ve heard him say

And now your Billy Henry he’s as cold as the clay»

And so down came his mother like one in despair

She’s a-wringing of her hands and a-tearing of her hair

Saying «Oh my loving Billy why did you go in

To the dark and chilly waters in the Lakes of Shillin?»

And so down came his father like one in despair

He’s a-wringing of his hands and a-tearing of his hair

Saying «I brought up a family of fine-bodied men

And the best of them’s drowned in the Lakes of Shillin»

So it’s down came his sweetheart like one in despair

She’s a-wringing of her hands and a-tearing of her hair

Saying «It's six months and better till my wedding day

And now me Billy Henry he’s as cold as the clay

So we’ll go round to Martin’s to Martin’s by the shore

And we’ll hire us a small boat as we’ve done before

And we’ll search the dark waters all around and all round

'til we see that Billy Henry’s fair body is found"

So they went around to Martin’s to Martin’s by the shore

And they hired them a small boat as they’d done before

And they searched the dark waters all around and all round

'til they saw that Billy Henry’s fair body was found

And for to see Billy’s funeral was such a fine sight

There was six handsome young men all dressed up in white

There was six pretty maidens all dressed up in green

Just to show that he’d been drowned in the Lakes of Shillin

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