And when I came unto the willow,

My mother gave a cap and a pillow.

Woe’s me! ’tis only those who part

Can tell how parting tears the heart!

“‘And when unto the bridge I came,

I turned me round and looked back again;

I saw no mother nor father more,

And I bitterly wept, for my heart was sore.

Woe’s me! ’tis only those who part

Can tell how parting tears the heart!