I loved a girl one time
When my life was in it's prime
And the summer evenings seem to have no end
In the garden
we would walk
Where the rose and holly halk
Their loveliness no jewel could transcend
She was young and she was fair
Like an angle standing there
And her smile it could light up my darkest day
When
she held me to her heart, I prayed we'd never part
But the weather turned and took me far away.
So sleep, my lovely sleep, where the rippling waters meet
In the valley where the Rowen and chestnut grow
In
that little cottage there, free from worry free from care
'Till we meet again, no other love I'll know.
Many oceans have I crossed, slept beneath the southern cross
I have stood upon the mountains of peru.
And of
girls I've known my share, but there's none that can compare
With the loveliness and beauty that is you.
Now the years have come and gone, and my travelling days are done.
And the sun is sinking slowly in the sky,
Once
again we'll take a walk, by the rose and holly halk
And I'll love you as in days gone by.
So sleep, my lovely sleep, where the rippling waters meet
In the valley where the Rowen and chestnut grow
In
that little cottage there, free from worry free from care
'Till we meet again, no other love I'll know.
