If I Dare
I’ll sing a little song
Of you dear one,
’Twill be long as the day
And bright like the sun
If I dare.
I’ll gather from the garden
This big red rose
To kiss your cheeks
While sweet breezes blow
If I dare.
Your face is ne’er out of my dreams
Deep in my heart sweet memories bring,
Oh! I will love you, dear, you only,
Till death with bitterness bring
If I dare.
My mind is with you
Though my eyes are in tears,
My heart is being pierced
With Cupid’s golden spear,
But yet I’d return
If I dare.
Oh! how sad with you
Were my past,
The present was sweet
So long as it lasts.