My bonnie lies out on the ocean
While sadly I wait on the shore
He wander'd away o'er the billow
I'm longing to see him once more!
He comes to my heart in bright visions
His face like an angels I see
And, still do I sigh in my dreaming:
Oh! bring back my bonnie to me!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my love o'er the sea!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my bonnie to me!
He left me when roses were fading
To bid me farewell, for a while
My heart is so weary and lonely
Bereft of his beautiful smile
I stray where the billows are dashing
And wonder where now he can be
My heart to the waves ever whispers:
Oh! bring back my bonnie to me!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my love o'er the sea!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my bonnie to me!
Then, darling one, can you forsake me?
My life is so weary and lone!
Oh! send me a word o'er the water
And say you are ever my own!
In sorrow and tears I'm repining
And sad is my watch by the sea
My darling, my dear one for ever!
Oh! bring back my bonnie to me!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my love o'er the sea!
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my bonnie to me!