The Bride’s Lament.
Song. Tune, “Bonnie Light Horseman.”
REFRAIN.
I had a true lover, he gaed to the war;
’Twas a lasting farewell; here I’ll ne’er see him more.
We were happy together on yon mountain side,
Where we met and we parted; he made me his bride.
REFRAIN.
At Loos in the battle my lover fought well;
Though wounded and bleeding, still fighting he fell.
No more he will wander his own Highland glen,
For my lover lies buried on fair Flanders’ plain.
REFRAIN
When this wild war is over I will go to his grave,
The salt tear to shed for my gallant and brave.
Oh! bitter is my sorrow, and sadly I weep,
And fain would I join in my lover’s last sleep.
REFRAIN.
When God in His mercy shall call me above
We shall meet and rejoice in His infinite love.