⁠'Neat' dis shadin' hedge
⁠Growin' by your bridge,
I am thinkin' o' you' love,
Love dat not'in' can remove,
⁠'Neat' dis shadin' hedge
⁠Growin' by your bridge,

⁠Love more pure, I ken,
⁠Dan de love o' men,
Knowin' not de fickle mind
Nor de hatred o' my kind;,
⁠Purer far, I ken,
⁠Dan de love o' men.

⁠E'en when welcome deat'
⁠Claims dis painful breat',
Of you I will ever think
Who first gave me crystal drink
⁠E'en when welcome deat'
⁠Claims dis painful breat',

⁠For a little while
⁠I must leave your smile:
Raindrops fallin' from de sky
Force me now to say good-bye;
⁠Jes' lee bit o' while
⁠I must leave your smile.

⁠Foamin' Sukee River,
⁠Dearer now dan ever,
I'll ne'er roam from you again
To a life o' so-so pain,
⁠Crystal flowin' river,
⁠Dearer now dan ever.