 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
TELL-TALES.
Oh! oh! don't you remember,
Long time ago,
When the path was in December
Cover'd o'er with snow?
Then we had a little walk,
Then we had a little talk,
But jealous eyes did soon divine
The footsteps there were not all mine:—
Oh! the snow,
The tell-tale snow,
Long time ago!
Long time ago,
When the path was in December
Cover'd o'er with snow?
Then we had a little walk,
Then we had a little talk,
But jealous eyes did soon divine
The footsteps there were not all mine:—
Oh! the snow,
The tell-tale snow,
Long time ago!
Oh! oh! don't you remember
On that evening fair,
When the jasmine flowers you braided
In the raven hair?
Homeward then I thoughtless stray'd,
And the jasmine flowers betray'd;
For well the jealous glances knew
No jasmine in our garden grew:—
Oh! the flower,
The tell-tale flower,
Long time ago!
On that evening fair,
When the jasmine flowers you braided
In the raven hair?
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And the jasmine flowers betray'd;
For well the jealous glances knew
No jasmine in our garden grew:—
Oh! the flower,
The tell-tale flower,
Long time ago!
And when we were both forbidden
Ever more to meet,
Slily, little notes were hidden
By the willow seat.
But vainly for a note we sought:—
Could we each other have forgot?—
Ah! others knew as well as we
The secret of that hollow tree:—
Oh! the tree, the hollow tree,
It betray'd both you and me,
Long time ago!
Ever more to meet,
Slily, little notes were hidden
By the willow seat.
But vainly for a note we sought:—
Could we each other have forgot?—
Ah! others knew as well as we
The secret of that hollow tree:—
Oh! the tree, the hollow tree,
It betray'd both you and me,
Long time ago!
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |