My Own Sweet Nellie Bawn - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
My Own Sweet Nellie Bawn. Copyright, 1886, by Willis Woodward & Co. Written and sung by Banks Winter. 
By the Shannon side there dwells a girl With eyes of heav'nly blue, That laugh and dance with gay delight, And pierce you through and: through. To steal a kiss from her sweet lips. You'd wander many miles, It's always Summer when you meet The sunshine of her smiles. 
Chorus. I think about her all the day, At sunset and at dawn; The lovely queen of Connaught Is my own sweet Nellie Bawn. 
By the Shannon side, when Summer comes, Once more I will be seen, To claim the heart she promised me, And bear away my queen. No breath of care shall touch her cheek While I am by her side, Our lives shall like the Shannon flow, With Nellie Bawn, my bride.-Chorus.