My sweet sisters
Maidens from the neighbors'
Seh eh eh linny koy,
Seh eh eh lah yah
Seh eh eh linny koy,
Seh eh eh lah yah
So he flirted with me
Courted m for a long time
Before my mother gave in
My father let me leave
I put my trust in men
I waited for grooms
Oh, grooms
I waited for grooms
I wanted to go to a man
To go on a wooing journey
Oh, a journey
To go on a wooing journey
The girl was taken away
The daughter went to strange lands
They made me a wench
A slave with no rights
I did what the men wanted
I knew their desires
Oh, I knew
I knew their desires
Every day I did my best
At night I was an orphan
Oh, at night
At night I was an orphan
Stupid girls, don't you do
What I did, stupid me
Damn me, I left
To be a wife in strange lands
Damn me, I left
What I did, stupid me
What I did, stupid me
Damn me, I left
Oh, what I did
Damn me, I left
Oh, what I did
Damn me, I left
Oh, what I did
What I did, stupid me
Oh, what I did
What I did, stupid me