Way up north, my love lies sleepin'
   Her lonely grave, beneath the pines
   How sadly I recall her memory
   She was my own true love devine
  
   One night I found her with another
   They did not know I was around
   In a blinded rage I drew my pistol
   I killed them both and fled that town
  
   For many days I wandered over
   Across the sea and desert sands
   My heart filled with grief and sadness
   I could not clense these, my blooded hand s
  
   For many years I've been a prisoner
   My grayin' hair marks off the time
   I'm going back to my old north-lands
   To wash away my sin and pride
   To wash away my sin and pride