From Joe Heaney
I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call my own
Someone to sleep with me nightly
I’m weary of sleeping alone
Meet me tonight in the moonlight
Meet me when we can be alone
I’ve a fine story to tell you
That I’ll tell by the light of the moon
If I had the wings of a swallow
I’d fly far over the sea
I’d fly to the arms of my true love
And bring her home safely with me
If I had ships on the ocean
I’d line them with silver and gold
I’d follow the ship that she sails in
My darling is eighteen years old
(From a different source)
If I had the wings of an eagle
O’er those prison walls I would fly
Fly into the arms of my darling
In there I would stay till I die
Meet me tonight in the moonlight
Meet me when you are alone
In this dreary cell I am pining
I’m weary of being alone