The Bay of Biscay

[Verse 1]
Young Willam shipped on board a tender
And where he is I do not know
And for seven long years I've been contently waiting
Since he's crossed the Bay of Biscay O

[Verse 2]
One night when Mary lay a'sleeping
A knock came to her bedroom door
Saying arise, arise my dearest Mary
'Till you get one glimpse of your William O

[Verse 3]
Young Mary rose put on her clothing
And to the bedroom door did go
And there she spied her William standing
His two pale cheeks as white as the snow

[Verse 4]
Ah William dear where are those blushes
Those blushes I loved long years ago
Ah Mary dear the cold clay has them
I am only the ghost of your William O

[Verse 5]
Ah Mary dear the dawn is breaking
The time has come for me to go
And I must leave you quite broken-hearted
For to cross the Bay of Biscay O

[Verse 6]
And if I had all the gold and silver
And all the money in Mexico
I would give it all to the King of Heaven
If he'd bring me back my William O