midst the rocks and the rills,
Stands my old homestead of long, long ago.
It brings back fond memories
I courted a maiden so sweet and so fair
and with chestnut -brown hair
I'll tell you the reason why I left her there
Hugging and kissing as two lovers can
I went to my home with a heart full of woe
I packed my belongings, determined to go
For many long years this old
With thoughts of my sweetheart,
While dining one day in a little country town
and he chanced to sit down
While talking of loved ones
That his sister was that old
has a long time been dead
She waited so long for the day
whom you saw that fatal night
Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
Poor stranger from Perth,
