Won't you tell me, Mollie darling, That you love none else but me? For I love you, Mollie darling, You are all the world to me. O! tell me, darling, that you love me, Put your little hand in mine, Take my heart, sweet Mollie darling, Say that you will give me thine.
(Chorus) Mollie, fairest, sweetest, dearest, Look up, darling, tell me this; Do you love me, Mollie darling? Let you answer be a kiss.
Stars are smiling, Mollie darling, Thro' the mystic vail of night; They seem laughing, Mollie darling, While fair Luna hides her light; O! no one listens but the flowers, While they hang their heads in shame, They are modest, Mollie darling, When they hear me call your name.
(Chorus)
I must leave you, Mollie darling, Tho' the parting gives me pain; When the stars shine, Mollie darling, I will meet you here again. O! goodnight, Mollie, goodbye, loved one, Happy may you ever be, When you're dreaming, Mollie darling, Don't forget to dream of me.
Ray B. Browne. The Alabama folk lyric: a study in origins and media of dissemination. Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1979, ISBN 0879721294, pp.97-100.