where I once was blithe and glad,
 I could trip about the town
 both trim and neatly,
 I was happy night and morn
 but from all such joys I'm shorn,
 Since I fell so deep in love
 with Sally Wheatley.

 And it's oh dear me what am I gonna dae,
 Sally's stole away me heart completely,
 And I'll never get it back
 for she gans with Mr. Black,
 And they say he's goin' to marry Sally Wheatley.

 Now I never saw such a lass
 and I know she likes her glass,
 She could toss a pot of whiskey over neatly,
 Now it's right to take a drop
 when you know just when to stop,
 That was just the very way with Sally Wheatley.

 How I felt I didn't knaw
 the first time I Sally saw,
 In a threesome reel
 she hopped about so neatly,
 Well I might've had a chance
 if I'd asked her up to dance,
 But I was over shy to speak
 to Sally Wheatley.

 Now he must have made it right
 when he took her home that night,
 'Cos after work dressed up
 he goes to see her nightly,
 There's great danger in delay
 or I wouldn't be sad today,
 If I had my heart t'would break
 for Sally Wheatley