Once You Were My Lover

Tri Martolodso young tra la la, la la la la
 Tri Martolod so young they sailed away to sea
 Tri Martolod so young tra la la, la la la la
 Tri Martolod so young they set sail from Brittany
 A storm began as they set sail
 The waves swelled high around them
 The winds were strong,
 The journey long
 They landed in Newfoundland.
 They anchored down beside a mill
 And met a girl who worked there
 She said to one " I know you well
 For once you were my lover -
 A ring you bought in Nantes for me
 And promised we would marry
 I waited for a year or more
 Why so long did you tarry?"
 'I was, they said, too poor to wed
 And could no longer see you,
 One day, three martolod, we fled -
 The storm it blew us to you"
 "Your destiny is here with me
 Our love will always feed us -
 We'll live like birds so wild and free
 Wherever life may lead us!"