[1] Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this me-[5]-ssage came to [1] me
It was from my darling Nellie
Who is far [5] across the [1] sea
[4] Oh dear Jack I know I'm [1] dying
I've no friends no parents [5] now
But re-[1]-member dearest Jackie
There's a home [5] for us on [1] high

Oh dear mother I must leave you
I must go across the sea
I must find my darling Nellie
Who so dearly cares for me
I was wandering through the graveyard
When I found where Nellie laid
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt and prayed

Now I'm left alone in sadness
On the fields the flowers wave
There my darling Nellie's sleeping
In a cold and silent grave
Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping
Let me lay close by her side
Where the creeping flowers are blooming
Let me lay there when I die