Full Lyrics
translated from the Gaelic
by John Stuart Blackie
Health and joy be with you,
My bonnie nutbrown maid,
With tresses richly flowing,
With virgin grace array'd;
Thy voice to me is music When heavy I may be,
It heals my heart's deep sorrow
To speak a word with thee.
In sadness I am rocking
This night upon the sea;
For troubled is my slumber,
When thy smile is far from me;
On thee I'm ever thinking,
Thy face is ever near;
And if I may not find thee,
Then death alone is dear.
