Shallow River Run

My love she came to me Saddle up your horses three My father's land to keep Is yours to follow me All down to Beaufort flee Mother's blessing we need Sheep in Black Valley sing The pleasant joy we bring All around the ditches All around the Glen See the mountain Peak And hush the locals now Maid in the morning sing Babe in the cot now lye Stir the auld wans shivering Tis not the night to die It came a child was born Feet fit the barleycorn Land filled his heart with scorn He took ship to New York Caught on the docklands there Met a wife so fair We haven't seen nor heard For two dozen a year All around the ditches All around the Glen Hold my still eyed stare For to keep my thoughts bare I haven't long to give I have not one to hold When the long day comes I'll accept what I'm told And now the ivy leaves Creep up the walls on me The broken barren trees Reflect no life in me The palest clouds above The shallow river run Let my dampened bones Weary keep now at home All around the ditches All around the Glen See my fate is met And lay me down on high ground I wish to sit upon The golden throne of skies (And) watch valleys open And see it from your eyes