Silly Wizard - Banks of the Bann Lyrics
I placed my affection on a comely young dameShe being warm and tender, her waist small and slenderKind nature had formed her for my overthrowOn the banks of bann water, where I first beheld herShe appeared like fair juno or a grecian queenHer eyes shone like diamonds, her hair softly twiningHer cheeks were like roses, or like blood drops in snowIt was her cruel parents that first caused our varianceAll because I was poor and of a low degreeBut I'll do my endeavour to earn my love's favourAlthough she is come of a rich familyMy name is delaney, its a name that wont shame meAnd if I had saved money I'd have plenty in storeBut drinking and courting, night rambling and sportingWere the cause of my ruin and absence from homeHad I all the money that's in the west indiesOr had I the gold of the african shoreI would spend it on pearls, and on you my brown girlFor there's no other love in this world I adoreAnd now that I've found her I'm contented foreverI'll put rings on her fingers and gold in her hairAnd we'll live on the banks of the lovely bann riverAnd in all sorts of splendour I will style her my dearOne of several songs with this name