Here´s a health to you bonny Kellswater
Where you get all the pleasures of life
Where you get all the fishing and fowling
And a bonny wee lass for your wife.

Oh it´s down where yon waters run muddy
I´m afraid they will never run clear
And it´s when I begin for to study
My mind is on him that´s not here.

And it´s this one and that one may court him
But if any one gets him but me
It´s early and late I will curse them
The parting lovely Willy from me.

Oh a father he calls on his daughter
Two choices I´ll give unto thee
Would you rather see Willie´s ship a´sailing
See him hung like a dog on yonder tree.

Oh father, dear father, I love him
I can no longer hide it from thee
Through an acre of fire I would travel
Along with the lovely Willie to be.

Oh hard was the heartbreak I´m finding
She took from her full heart´s delight
May the chains of old Ireland come find them
And softly their pillows at night.

Oh yonder there´s a ship on the ocean
And she does not know which way to steer
From the east and the west she´s a´blowing
She reminds me of the charms of my dear.

Oh it´s yonder my Willie will be coming
He said he´d be here in the spring
And it´s down by yon green shades I´ll meet him
And among wild roses we´ll sing.

For a gold ring he placed on my finger
Saying love bear this in your mind
If ever I sail from old Ireland
You´ll mind I´ll not leave you behind.

Here´s a health to you bonny Kellswater
Where you get all the pleasures of life
Where you get all the fishing and fowling
And a bonny wee lass for your wife.