English Translation
She was digging a well, looking into it,
If it is so deep, as it is wide,
She'd jump into it, ey, she'd jump into it.
And of that well she was watering a peacock,
Tell me, darling, grey dove,
Whose maiden are you, ey, whose maiden are you?
And I won't tell you, because I don't know myself,
Come to visit with us tonight, I'll ask mummy,
Then I'll tell you, ey, then I'll tell you.
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