I rose and went to Rou'tor Town

I rose and went to Rou'tor Town

With gaiety and good heart,

And ardour for the start,

That morning ere the moon was down

That lit me off to Rou'tor Town

With gaiety and good heart.

When sojourn soon at Rou'tor Town

Wrote sorrows on my face,

I strove that none should trace

The pale and gray, once pink and brown,

When sojourn soon at Rou'tor Town

Wrote sorrows on my face.

The evil wrought at Rou'tor Town

To thoughts I'd cherished well

'Tis not in me to tell,

But nought can quench, but nought can drown

The evil wrought at Rou'tor Town

To thoughts I'd cherished well!