I went to the fair and sold my cow For five pounds of silver and a yellow guinea of gold If I drink the silver and if I give away the gold O, what is that to anyone else? If I drink the silver and if I give away the gold O, what is that to anyone else? If I go to the leafy woods gathering berries or chestnuts Plucking apples from branches or herding cows If I stretch out for a while beneath a tree relaxing O, what is that to anyone else? If I stretch out for a while beneath a tree relaxing O, what is that to anyone else? If I go for a night-visit and for dancing and sport To fairs and races and every gathering of that sort If I see happy people and if I'm happy with them O, what is that to anyone else? If I see happy people and if I'm happy with them O, what is that to anyone else? People say, "I'm without riches, no doubt Without goods or clothes or cattle or stock" If I a happy living in a hovel O, what is that to anyone else? If I a happy living in a hovel O, what is that to anyone else?