When I was a young girl
I use to seek pleasure
When I was a young girl
I use to drink ale
Out of the alehouse down into the jailhouse
My body salvated and hell is my doom

Come mama, come papa
And sit you down by me
Come sit you down by me
And pity my case
My poor head is aching
My sad heart is breaking
My body salvated and hell is my doom

We sent for the preacher
To come and pray for me
And sent for the doctor
To heal all my wounds
My poor head is aching
My sad heart is breaking
My body salvated
And im bound to die

One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I saw this young lady, all wrapped in white linen
All wrapped in white linen
And call out "the plague"