1.
‖: Sigh no more, :‖ (×3) ladies, sigh no more.
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Chorus:
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe ‖: and bonny, :‖ (×4)
And be you blithe and bonny,
‖: Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey no nonny, hey no nonny,
Hey no nonny, hey no nonny, hey,
Nonny, nonny, hey, no nonny, nonny. :‖
2.
‖: Sing no more :‖ (×3) ditties, sing no more
Of dumps so dull and heavy.
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy.
Chorus