Ef I had wings like Nora's Dove
I’d fly up de river to the man I love.
Fare you well, O honey, fare you well.

One o' these days an' it won’t be long,
Call my name an' I’ll be gone.
Fare you well, O honey, fare you well.

'Member one night, a mizzlin' rain,
Roun' my heart I felt a pain;
Fare you well, O honey, fare you well.

Ef I had listen'd to what my mammy said,
I’d be at home in my mammy’s bed.
Fare you well, O honey, fare you well.