The loveliest girl of any, O,—

Ochone! your mind I find unkind,

Sweet Kate o' Belashanny, O!

One summer day the banks were gay,

The Erne in sunshine glancin' there,

The big cascade its music play'd

And set the salmon dancin' there.

Along the green my Joy was seen;

Some goddess bright I thought her there;

The fishes, too, swam close, to view

Her image in the water there.

From top to toe, where'er you go,

The loveliest girl of any, O,—

Ochone! your mind I find unkind,

Sweet Kate o' Belashanny, O!

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My dear, give ear!—the river's near,

And if you think I'm shammin' now,

To end my grief I'll seek relief

Among the trout and salmon, now;

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