Oh, bring me back the girl I love, the girl I love.
Oh, bring her back to me!
If I only had the girl I love, the girl I love.
What a happy lad I would be!
The girl I love, the pretty girl I love,
Teredlee, teredlah!
Oh, bring me back the girl love, the girl for me!

My girl is like a little bird, a little bird,
It flies from tree to tree,
And when it lands on a branch so high, so near the sky,
And flies far away and is free
The girl I love, the pretty girl I love,
Teredlee, teredlah!
Oh, bring me back the girl love, the girl for me!

I wish I were a bird like her, a bird like her,
Flying from tree to tree.
I would follow her by day and by night, by day, by night.
From her I would never flee.
The girl I love, the pretty girl I love,
Teredlee, teredlah!
Oh, bring me back the girl love, the girl for me!