It's cost me a lot but there's one thing that I've got
It's my man, cold and wet, tired you bet
But all that I soon forget with my man

He's not much for looks
And no hero out of books is my man
Two or three girls has he
That he likes as well as me but I love him

I don't know why I should
He isn't good, he isn't true
He beats me too
What can I do?

Oh, my man, I love him so
He'll never know
All my life is just despair
But I don't care

When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright all right
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away when I know

I'll come back on my knees some day
For whatever my man is
I am his forever more
Oh, my man, I love him

Sometimes I say
If I could just get away with my man
He'd go straight sure as fate
For it never is too late for a man

I just like to dream
Of a cottage by a stream with my man
Where a few flowers grew
And perhaps a kid or two like my man

And then my eyes get wet
I 'most forget 'til he gets hot
And tells me not to talk such rot

Oh, my man, I love him so
He'll never know
All my life is just despair
But I don't care

When he takes me in his arms
The world is bright all right
What's the difference if I say
I'll go away when I know

I'll come back on my knees some day
For what ever my man is
I am his forever more