Farewell to cold winter, summer’s come at last
Nothing have I gained but my true love I have lost
I’ll sing and I’ll be happy like the birds upon the tree
For since he deceived me I care no more for he

Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
He doesn’t care for me nor I don’t care for him
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
For I am going to marry a far nicer boy

He wrote me a letter saying he was very bad
I sent him back an answer saying I was awful glad
He wrote to me another saying he was well and strong
But I care no more about him than the ground he walks upon

Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
He doesn’t care for me nor I don’t care for him
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
For I am going to marry a far nicer boy

Some of his friends had a good kind wish for me
Others of his friends they could hang me on a tree
But soon I’ll let them see my love, and soon I’ll let them know
That I can get a new sweetheart on any grounds I go

Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
He doesn’t care for me nor I don’t care for him
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
For I am going to marry a far nicer boy

He can go to his old mother now and set her mind at ease
I hear she is an old, old woman, very hard to please
It’s slighting me and talking ill is what she’s always done
Because that I was courting her great big ugly son

Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim
He doesn’t care for me nor I don’t care for him
He can go and get another that I hope