I wish I was on yonder hill 
’tis there I’d sit and cry my fill, 
'till every tear would turn a mill, 
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 
 [bad word]  
Siuil, siuil, siul [bad word]  
Siuil go sochair agus siuil go ciuin 
Siuil go doras agus ealaigh lion 
Is go dte tu mo mhuirnin slan 

>>(in phonetic gaelic) 
>>Shule, shule, shule aroon, 
>>Shule go succir agus, shule go kewn, 
>>Shule go dheen [bad word] oggus aylig lume, 
>>Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 

>>(translation)  [bad word]  [bad word]  o love,  [bad word] to me, softly move;  [bad word] to the door, and away we’ll flee, 
>>And safe for aye may my darling be! 

I’ll sell my rock, I’ll sell my reel, 
I’ll sell my only spinning wheel, 
To buy my love a sword of steel 
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 
 [bad word] 

I’ll dye my petticoats, I’ll dye them red, 
And ’round the world I’ll beg my bread, 
Until my parents shall wish me dead, 
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 
 [bad word] 

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain, 
I wish I had my heart again, 
And vainly think I’d [bad word]  
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 
 [bad word] 

But now my love has gone to france, 
To try his fortune to advance; 
If he [bad word] back, ’tis but a chance, 
Iss guh day thoo avorneen slawn. 
 [bad word]