Oh, the night was dark and stormy, when this me….ssage came to me,
it was from my darling Nellie, who is far across the sea.
Oh dear Jack, I know I'm dying, I've no friends nor parents nigh,
but remember, dearest Jackie, there's a home for us on high.
( A E A A E A )
Oh dear mother, I must leave you, I must go across the sea,
I must find my darling Nellie, who so dea… rly cared for me.
I was wandering through the grave yard, when I found where Nellie lay,
it was there my heart was broken, it was there I knelt and prayed.
( A E A A E A )
Now I'm left alone in sadness on the fields of flowery Spain,
and the girl I love is sleeping in the cold and silent grave.
Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping, close beside her let me lie,
where the blooming flowers are creeping,
there, oh lay me, when I die.