Hard by ye lake, beneath ye shade,

Upon a somer's daye,

There ben a faire Chicago maid

That greeting sore did saye:

I wonder where can Willie bee—

O waly, waly! woe is mee!

He fared him off on Aprille 4,

And now 'tis August 2,

I stood upon ye slimy shoore

And swere me to be trewe;