Little Mcghee - Burl Ives

As I went out walkin' upon a fine day

I got awful lonesome as the day passed away

I sat there a-musing, alone on the grass

When who should sit by me but a pretty young lass

She sat down beside me and took hold of my hand

Said, «You sure be a stranger, and in a strange land.»

She asked me to marry and gave me her hand

Said, «My pappy’s a chieftain all over this land.»

«My pappy’s a chieftain, and ruler be he

I’m his only daughter and my name is Mohee»

I answered and told her that it never could be

For I had my own sweetheart in my own country

I had my aen sweetheart, and I knew she loved me

Her heart was as true as any Mohee

So I said, «I must leave you and it’s goodbye my dear

There’s wind in my canvas and it’s home I must steer.»

At home with relations I tried for to see

But there wasn’t a one like my little Mohee

And the one I had trusted proved untrue to me

So I sailed o’er the ocean to my little Mohee