[00:00.00]
[00:17.12]When first to this country
[00:21.50]a stranger I came
[00:25.14]I placed my affection
[00:29.37]on a maid that was young
[00:33.24]She being fair and tender
[00:37.06]her waist small and slender
[00:40.88]Kind nature had formed her
[00:44.91]for my overthrow
[00:48.35]
[00:48.68]On the banks of the Bann,
[00:53.01]when first I beheld her
[00:56.93]She appeared like great Juno
[01:00.62]the fair Grecian Queen
[01:04.60]Her eyes shone like diamonds
[01:08.57]or stars brightly gleaming
[01:12.73]Her cheeks were like Roses
[01:16.67]or blood drops on snow
[01:49.29]
[01:49.62]'Twas her cruel parents
[01:54.26]that first caused our variance
[01:59.65]All because she was rich
[02:03.45]and above my degree
[02:07.66]But I'll do my whole endeavour
[02:11.54]for to gain my love's favour
[02:15.62]There is no other fair one
[02:19.61]on Earth I adore
[02:24.84]
[02:25.17]Had I all the wealth
[02:29.62]that's in the West Indies
[02:33.24]I'd put rings on her fingers
[02:37.27]and gold in her ears
[02:41.35]And there on the lovely banks
[02:44.56]of the lovely Bann River
[02:49.65]In all kinds of splendour
[02:53.66]I'd live with my dear
[02:59.21]In all kinds of splendour
[03:03.94]I'd live with my dear