Lyrics:

Bowie, bowerie
A Lord once lived by the deep blue sea
He had daughters; one, two, three
Bowie, Bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
A young knight come his court to pay
He did choose the beauty and the gay
Bowie, Bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
The daughter's walked on the ocean's rim
The mean one pushed the beauty in
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
If you will lend your lily-white hand
I will give you my fee and my land
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
I'll neither lend you either hand
Cause I will have your lover and your land
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
The miller pushed her farther in
He wanted of her silly pin
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
And when she died the fiddles played
Her father heard how she'd been slayed
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie

Bowie, bowerie
The miller and the ugly one
Hanged for the murder they had done
Bowie, bowerie, bowie
Bowerie, bow-downarie