Bonny Boy Lyrics

There once was a boy, a bonny bonny boy

And I loved him I vow and protest

I loved him so well, so very very well

That I built him a bower on my breast

That I built him a bower on my breast

It was o'er the green valley and o'er the green hill

Like one who is troubled in mind

I whooped and I shouted and I played upon my pipe

But no bonny boy did I find

But no bonny boy did I find

I sat myself down on the green mossy bank

Where the sun it shone wonderful warm

And who should I spy but my own bonny boy

He was locked in another's arms

He was locked in another's arms

Now the one who's the joy of my own bonny boy

Well I wish them the very best

And whether he loves me or whether he don't

I'll walk with that boy now and then

I'll walk with that boy now and then