Where have you been my long lost love This seven long years and more Seeking gold for thee my love And riches of great store
I might have married a king's daughter Far far beyond the sea But I refused the golden crown All for the love of thee
What have you to keep me with If I with you should go If I forsake my husband dear And my young son also
Chorus I'll show you where the white lilies grow On the banks of Italy I'll show you where the white fishes swim At the bottom of the sea Seven ships all on the sea The eighth brought me to land With four and twenty mariners And music on every hand
She set her foot upon the ship No mariners could behold The sails were of the shining silk The masts of beaten gold
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Oh what are you high hills The sun shines sweetly in Those are the hills of heaven my love Where you will never win
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What is that mountain yonder there Where evil winds do blow Yonder's the mountain of hell he cried Where you and I must go
He took her up to the top mast high To see what he could see He sunk the ship in a flash of fire To the bottom of the sea