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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 459 |
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EDWARD KENEALY
LOVE'S WARNING
A
FAIR lady once, with her young lover walked, Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Through a garden, and sweetly they laughed and talked, While the dews fell over the mulberry-tree.
She gave him a rose—while he sighed for a kiss,
Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Quoth he, as he took it, "I kiss thee in this,"
While the dews fall over the mulberry-tree.
She gave him a lily less white than her breast,
Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Quoth he, " 'twill remind me of one I love best; "
While the dews fall over the mulberry-tree.
She gave him a two faces under a hood,
Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; " How blest you could make me," quoth he, " if you would,"
While the dews fall over the mulberry-tree.
She saw a forget-me-not flower in the grass,
Gillyflower, gentle rosemary; Ah ! why did the lady that little flower pass ?
While the dews fell over the mulberry-tree. |
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