I Know My Love - The Dubliners

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 hall in Mardyke

And 'tis there my love goes every night

And he takes a strange girl upon his knee

And don’t you know that this 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 that I could wash and wring

And if my love knew that I could weave and spin

I would make a suit all of the finest kind

But the want of money, it 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 errant rover

And I know he’ll travel the world all over

And in dear old Ireland he’ll no longer tarry

And an English damsel 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?