 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
I AM A SIMPLE GONDOLIER.
I am a simple Gondolier, Signora,
I am a simple Gondolier:
But would you fly from danger, fair Signora,
I'll be as bold as Cavalier.
Where is truth e'er found the surest?—
'Tis in a simple heart like mine,
Where is courage found the purest,
But for a beauty like to thine?
I am a simple Gondolier, Signora,
I am a simple Gondolier:
But would you fly from danger, fair Signora,
I'll be as bold as Cavalier!
I am a simple Gondolier:
But would you fly from danger, fair Signora,
I'll be as bold as Cavalier.
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'Tis in a simple heart like mine,
Where is courage found the purest,
But for a beauty like to thine?
I am a simple Gondolier, Signora,
I am a simple Gondolier:
But would you fly from danger, fair Signora,
I'll be as bold as Cavalier!
To favor flight, the silver light obscuring,
The storm-cloud veils the midnight moon;
Haste, lady, haste, the dusky hour securing,
Thy safety seek in yon lagune.
There, thy exiled lord is waiting
With speedy bark and flowing sail,
Waste not the hour with fear debating—
The wave invites, and fair the gale.
Fear to thy heart be stranger, fair Signora,
Trust to thy faithful Gondolier,
Who, in the hour of danger, fair Signora,
Will be as bold as Cavalier!
The storm-cloud veils the midnight moon;
Haste, lady, haste, the dusky hour securing,
Thy safety seek in yon lagune.
There, thy exiled lord is waiting
With speedy bark and flowing sail,
Waste not the hour with fear debating—
The wave invites, and fair the gale.
Fear to thy heart be stranger, fair Signora,
Trust to thy faithful Gondolier,
Who, in the hour of danger, fair Signora,
Will be as bold as Cavalier!
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |