Lyrics:

I once loved a boy and a bonny bonny boy
Who would come and would go at request
And this handsome young boy was my pride and my joy
And I built him a bower in my breast

Well up the long alley and down the green valley
Like one who was troubled in mind
I hollered and I hooped and I played upon my flute
But no bonny boy could I find

I sat myself down on a green mossy bank
Where the sun it shone wonderful warm
And who did I spy but my own bonny boy
Fast locked in some other girl's arms

Well the girl who's the joy of my own bonny boy
Let her make of him all that she can
And whether he loves me or whether he don't
I'll walk with that boy now and then