Jocelyn Pook - Bridal Ballad lyrics

rate me

The ring is on my hand<br />

And the wreath is on my brow<br />

Satin and jewels grand<br />

Are all at my command<br />

And I am happy now<br />

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And my lord he loves me well<br />

But, when first he breathed his vow<br />

I felt my bosom swell<br />

For the words rang as a knell<br />

And the voice seemed his who fell<br />

In the battle down the dell<br />

And who is happy now<br />

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But he spoke to re-assure me<br />

And he kissed my pallid brow<br />

While a reverie came o'er me<br />

And to the church-yard bore me<br />

And I sighed to him before me<br />

Thinking him dead D'Elormie<br />

"Oh, I am happy now!"<br />

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And thus the words were spoken<br />

And this the plighted vow<br />

And, though my faith be broken<br />

And, though my heart be broken<br />

Here is a ring, as token<br />

That I am happy now<br />

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Would God I could awaken<br />

For I dream, I know not how<br />

And my soul is sorely shaken<br />

Lest an evil step be taken<br />

Lest the dead who is forsaken<br />

May not be happy now