When I first saw the child brides   Two bridegroom boys at their side   Genevieve in union with holy communion   Marriage the younger wife      And the child brides went down to the water   Neptune calls out to his daughters   Throw yourself at the tide   I'll see you on the other side      In a loveless marriage when I was fourteen   All brained knees and black knees   Then you come round here with your fancy talk and your big ideas   What have you done with your wives?      And the child brides went down to the water   Neptune calls out to his daughters   Throw yourself at the tide   I'll see you on the other side      Bride of Christ, bride of Jesus   Bride of the fish when your fathoms down   And the uncles and the brothers   With their Sunday suits on      Search the villages and towns   But the child brides, etc.