[Verse 1]
I wonder what is keeping my true love this night
I wonder what is keeping him out of my sight
I wonder if he knows of the pain I endure
And stays from me this night I'm not sure

[Verse 2]
Oh, love are you coming your cause to advance?
Or yet are you waiting for a far, far better chance?
Are you coming for to tell me you've a new love in store?
Or are you coming for to tell me you love me no more?

[Verse 3]
For I can love lightly and I can love strong
I can love the old love till the new love comes on
I only said I loved you for to give your heart ease
Oh, when I'm not with you I'll love whom I please

[Verse 4]
Oh, there's gold in my pocket but a pain in my heart
I can't love a man with too many sweethearts
You're my first and only false love but it's lately I knew
The stronger I loved you the falser you grew

[Verse 5]
Oh, the spring grass grows the greenest, oh, and spring water runs clear
I'm sorry and tormented for the love of my dear
Your love it lies so lightly as the dew on the thorn
That's there in the evening and away with the dawn
That's there in the evening and away with the dawn