I'm going across the sea, stay forever more
Left my little darlin' standing in the door
Won't you come and go
Come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss
I'm going across the sea
Wind is howling low, wind is howling high
Go with me my pretty little love until the day I die
Would you give a nickel would you give a dime
Would you give one dollar bill to call your name as mine
Donie, Donie, Donie, what makes your face so red
Working out in the crops, son, I got a fever in my head
Like my momma told me, it has come to past
Drinkin' and a-gamblin' gonna be my ruin at last