The Ox-Eyed Man

The ox-eyed man is the man for me,
He came a sailing from o’er the sea
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.

Oh, May in the garden a shelling her peas,
And bird singing gaily among the trees.
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.

Oh, May looked up and she saw her fate
In the ox-eyed man passing by the gate
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.

The ox-eyed man gave a fond look of love,
And charmed May’s heart which was pure as a dove,
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.

Oh, May in the parlour a-sitting on his knee,
And kissing the sailor who’d come o’er the sea
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.

Oh, May in the garden a-shelling her peas,
Now weeps for the sailor who sail’d o’er the sea.
Heigh ho for the ox-eyed man.