My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies with another warm body
Not beside me
When I was born to this brightness
I ached for my mother's heartbeat
Now I am wailing again like a baby
Naked and sweet
But I'll put on my fancy dresses
I'll wear my fancy hat
And I'll sing at all the swell parties without him
How about that?
'Cause I worked so hard in the same war that led him to her
Decoded all enemy's secrets just to use against them later
But I cared for a boy
A child not my own
Whose mother's heart's down near the ocean
And we'll nurse our grief 'til it's gone
So come drink the honey
I've been collecting it just for you
I'll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do, we do
I'll watch him long for his pretty mother
I'll make him smile along with his brother
I'll hold him tight and he'll hold me back
I'll help him fight the battles in his heart
I'll watch the war in his head
But how can we know what sweetness will come?
Or if it will come at all, who might it come from?
So come drink the honey
I've been collecting it just for you
I'll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do, we do
So please don't you bring back my Bonnie
But I'd wish you'd let that boy stay
Now I've got my sister to cry with
His children in the ocean they'll play
Don't you feel sorry for the old maid?
'Cause with all this heartache
You can taste all the nectar I'd say
So come drink the honey
I've been collecting it just for you
I'll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do, we do