Come sit by my side little darling

Come lay your cool hand on my brow

Promise me that you will never

Be nobody's darling but mine



Nobody's darling but mine love

Be honest, be faithful, be kind

Promise me that you will never

Be nobody's carling but mine



You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime

You're as pure as the dew from the rose

I'd rather be somebody's darling

That a poor boy that nobody knows



My mother is dead and in heaven

My daddy has gone down below

Sister has gone to meet mother

And where I'll go nobody knows



Goodbye, goodbye little darling

I'm leaving this cold world behind

Promise me that you will never

Be nobody's darling but mine