I Know My Love


Credits:
  • Music and Lyrics: Traditional. Arranged by Paddy Moloney

    I know my love by his way of walking
    And I know my love by his way of talking
    And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue
    And if my love leaves me what will I do...
    And still she cried: "I love him the best
    And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"
    And still she cried: "Bonny boys are few
    And if my love leaves me what will I do"

    There is a dance house in Maradyke
    And there my true love goes every night
    He takes a strange girl upon his knee
    Well now don't you think that that vexes me?

    And still she cried: "I love him the best
    And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"
    And still she cried: "Bonny boys are few
    And if my love leaves me what will I do"


    If my love knew I can wash and wring
    If my love knew I can sew and spin
    I'd make a coat of the finest kind
    But the want of money sure leaves me behind
    And still she cried: "I love him the best
    And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"
    And still she cried: "Bonny boys are few
    And if my love leaves me what will I do"

    I know my love is an arrant rover
    I know he'll wander the wild world over
    In dear old Ireland he'll no longer tarry
    An American girl he's sure to marry

    And still she cried: "I love him the best
    And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"
    And still she cried: "Bonny boys are few
    And if my love leaves me what will I do"

    And still she cried: "I love him the best
    And a troubled mind sure can know no rest"
    And still she cried: "Bonny boys are few
    And if my love leaves me what will I do"

    What will I do...