 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
THE ALABAMA.
TO ------
I thought of thee, as down the stream
I floated, in a wanderer's dream,
As sunset cast its glowing beam
On the banks of the Alabama;
The waters calm reflected bright
The golden glory of the light,
While, stealing on, the shades of night
Came over the Alabama.
I floated, in a wanderer's dream,
As sunset cast its glowing beam
On the banks of the Alabama;
The waters calm reflected bright
The golden glory of the light,
While, stealing on, the shades of night
Came over the Alabama.
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The Evening Star came peeping thro'
The misty veil of twilight dew—
Like love thro' tears—its brightness grew
Like thee—on the Alabama.
And, sparkling there, as Beauty's queen,
Presided o'er the tranquil scene,
I wished that thou had'st with me been
On the lovely Alabama.
The misty veil of twilight dew—
Like love thro' tears—its brightness grew
Like thee—on the Alabama.
And, sparkling there, as Beauty's queen,
Presided o'er the tranquil scene,
I wished that thou had'st with me been
On the lovely Alabama.
And then the moon, with silver beam,
Shed brighter lustre o'er the stream—
But brighter was the Poet's dream
Of thee—on the Alabama!
The sunset bright—the moonlight fair—
The twilight balm of evening air—
With thought of thee could not compare
On the lovely Alabama!
Shed brighter lustre o'er the stream—
But brighter was the Poet's dream
Of thee—on the Alabama!
The sunset bright—the moonlight fair—
The twilight balm of evening air—
With thought of thee could not compare
On the lovely Alabama!
However far, however near,
To me, alike, thou'rt still most dear—
In thought, sweet love, thou'rt with me here,
On the winding Alabama.
The watchdog's bark on shore I hear:—
It tells me that some home is near—
And mem'ry drops affection's tear
On the distant Alabama.
To me, alike, thou'rt still most dear—
In thought, sweet love, thou'rt with me here,
On the winding Alabama.
The watchdog's bark on shore I hear:—
It tells me that some home is near—
And mem'ry drops affection's tear
On the distant Alabama.
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |