:20:00
Come home, O wife of mine,
come home,
:20:04
Our child cries, let him drink.
:20:23
O mother, this is torture wild,
:20:26
My heart bursts for my child.
:20:29
O mother mine, O mother dear,
:20:32
Let go and let me sink.
:20:37
Go nowhere, daughter,
from your home,
:20:39
Betrayal is in store.
:20:43
However much you love your child
I fear for you much more.
:20:51
Be off, you killer, to your lake
:20:54
My daughter you'll not take,
:20:57
And if your little child
does cry
:20:59
At our door leave him lie.
:21:16
O mother, mother, woe is mine,
:21:21
His cries make my heart pine,
:21:25
O mother mine, O mother dear,
:21:31
The Waterman I fear.