“Adieu, Margueridette,
My earliest love, adieu;
Where are all the little songs
That tell of me and you?”

“I will not listen to a word
That tells of you and me;
I will go and drown myself,
Floating in the sea.”

“If you will go and drown yourself,
Floating in the sea,
I will be a fisherman
And take you in my net.”

“If you will be a fisherman
And take me in your net,
I will make myself a little flower
In a great garden set.”

“If you will be a little flower,
In a great garden set,
I will turn into a bee,
And kiss you every day.”

“If you will turn into a bee,
And kiss me every day,
I will make myself a star,
In heaven so far away.”

“If you will make yourself a star
In heaven so far away,
I will turn into a cloud
Before your face to drift.”

“If you will turn into a cloud
Before my face to drift,
I will quickly fall down dead
And be buried without shrift.”

“If you should quickly fall down dead
And be buried without shrift,
I will be a husbandman
And find you with my spade.”

“If you will be a husbandman
And find me with your spade,
I may as well have you for my love
For a gallanter never was made.”