Life grows short And men grows old Summer's gone And the wind turns cold Where are you going my little one? Little one Where are you going, my sonny, my own? Turn around and you're two Turn around and you're four Turn around, you're a young man Going out of the door Where are you going my little one? Little one Pigtails and petticoats Where have you gone? Turn around and you're tiny Turn around and you're grown Turn around, you're a young wife With babes of your own Turn around and you're tiny Turn around and you're grown Turn around, you're a young wife With babes of your own Where have they gone my little ones? Little ones Where have they gone our children? Our own Turn around and they're young Turn around and they're old Turn around and they've gone And we've no one to hold Turn around and they're young Turn around and they're old Turn around and they've gone And we've no one to hold