Songtexte The Ferryman's Daughter - Donovan

Way deep down in a green wood hole
Rap-tap-tapping on a window
A young blade, a rambling boy
Across a wide river to go

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman inside, fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day

By and by a young girl came
Blinking sleep from her dark eye
She put her finger to her lip
So young yet not so shy

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, my father's fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day

I'll tell to ye a roving tale
Or recite you a fable
If you will give to me some bread
A little hot soup if you're able

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, her father, fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day

She put on a cloak of wool
A pair of fine boots of deer skin
Low within her pretty dark eye
He caught a glimpse of a fair skin

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, my father's fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day

He laid her down in a green wood hole
Squirrel and a rabbit to scamp her
He sang of the ancient roving tale
Merrily did enjoin her

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, her father, fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day

They bade farewell by the river bank
He looked long into her dark eye
An otter splashed, quickly sank
Grey lag goes in the grey sky

The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, her father
The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, her father
The river is wide, the river is deep
The ferryman, her father, fast asleep
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye day
Diddly-eye, dumb day, diddly-eye day
A diddly-eye day, skiddly-eye, diddly-eye day