My pearl, my pearl

1. My pearl, my pearl, the flower of my pearl, my pearl, ; The ferryman asks me to go to him, ; – Alas, my mother is the ferryman, She whistles by the Danube, ; I will not go, I will not go, I will not go to him. ; ; 2. My pearl, my pearl, the flower of my pearl, my pearl, ; The tailor asks me to go to him, ; – Alas, my mother is the tailor - a lice-boa pricker, ; I will not go, I will not go, I will not go to him. ; ; 3. My pearl, my pearl, the flower of my pearl, my pearl, ; The blacksmith asks me to go to him, ; – Alas, my mother is the blacksmith - like a sack of coal, ; I will not go, I will not go, I will not go to him. ; ; 4. My pearl, my pearl, the flower of my pearl, my pearl, ; The weaver asks me to go to her, ; – Alas, my mother is the weaver - she is like the beaver world, ; I will not go, I will not go, I will not go to her. ; ; 5. My pearl, my pearl, the flower of my pearl, my pearl, ; The deák asks me to go to her, ; – Alas, my mother is the deák - she is like the lily of the valley, ; Now I am going, now I am going, now I am going to her.