[Verse 1]
Onward to the eastern skies
With bluing effort kiss the seas
I sigh in place for those blue eyes
That have hope and love for me

[Chorus 1]
For they, oh, they have stole away
The heart that truly once was mine
Like some lone bird without a mate
My weary heart is desolate
I look around but cannot trace
One welcome word or smiling face
In gazing crowds, I am alone
Because I never loved but one

[Verse 2]
Come up closer to me now
Your chestnut hair's been touched with snow
But still it is the same dear face
I loved so well long years ago

[Chorus 2]
The same as on that winter night
You bent to me and kissed my brow
Happy hours of trusting love
Oh well, they're all over now
And I must sail the whitening foam
'til I can see the foreign home
'til I forget that lasting face
I ne'er can find a resting place
I look around but cannot trace
One welcome word or smiling face
In gazing crowds, I am alone
Because I never loved but one