Bring Me Back- Anon (Ulster) 1937 Henry B
[Source not given. From Sam Henry's Songs of the people by Gale Huntington, Lani Herrmann - 2010; under the heading: Never Change the Old Love for the New.
R. Matteson 2017]
B. "Bring Me back the Boy I Love" published Feb. 7, 1937 in Sam Henry's regular column of 'Songs of the People' in the North Ulster local newspaper Northern Constitution. With music; Key E flat.
My love he's but a sailor lad
Who ploughs the ocean through and through,
And on his breast he wears a badge,
And on that badge his name in blue.
CHORUS: Oh, bring me back the boy I love
Oh, bring him, bring him back to me
If I only have the boy I love
It's happy, happy would I be.
As I stood by my cabin door
To see my true love passing by,
He passed me with another girl,
And she was fairer still than I.
My love is like a little bird,
That flits about from tree to tree.
For when he meets some other girl,
He thinks, he thinks no more on me.
I wish my love was made of glass,
That I could see him through and through,
And read the lines of his dear heart
To see if he prove false or true.
I wish my love was here this night,
He would keep me from all harm and fright,
He would roll me in his arms so gay,
And oh, how happy I would be.
Remember love and bear in mind,
A constant girl is hard to find,
And if you find a lover kind and true,
Ne'er part the old love for the new