Stand beside the sobbing river,

Sobbing, throbbing, in its falling,

To the sandy lonesome shore;

I shall never hear her calling,

‘Leave your meadow grasses mellow,

Mellow, mellow;

Quit your cowslips, cowslips yellow;

Come uppe Whitefoot, come uppe Lightfoot;

Quit your pipes of parsley hollow,

Hollow, hollow;