When first to this country, a stranger I camenI placed my affections on a maid that was youngnShe being young and tender, her waist small and slendernKind Nature had formed her for my overthrownnOn the banks of the Bannr, is where I first beheld hernShe appeared like great Juno the fair Grecian queennHer eyes shone like diamonds, her star softly shinin'nHer lips were like roses, or like blood drops in snownnIt was her cruel parents that first caused our variancenBecause she was rich, and above my degreenBut I'll do my endeavours to gain my love's favournAlthough she is born of a high familynnMy name it is Delaney, that's a name that won't shame menIf I had had money I would never have roamednBut the drinking and sporting, night rambling and courtingnWere the cause of my ruin and absence from home nnBut now that I have gained her I'm happy forevernWith rings on her fingers and gold in her earsnAnd now by the banks of the lovely Bann watersnIn peace and contentment I live with my dear