ALLA PASSERETTA BRUNA.IF I bid you, you will come,If I bid you, you will go,You are mine, and so I take youTo my heart, your home;Well, ah, well I knowI shall not forsake you.I shall always hold you fast,I shall never set you free,You are mine, and I possess youLong as life shall last;You will comfort me,I shall bless you.I shall keep you as we keepFlowers for memory, hid away,Under many a newer tokenBuried deep,Roses of a gaudier day,Rings and trinkets, bright and broken.Other women I shall love,Fame and fortune I may win,But when fame and love forsake meAnd the light is night above,You will let me in,You will take me.
IF I bid you, you will come,If I bid you, you will go,You are mine, and so I take youTo my heart, your home;Well, ah, well I knowI shall not forsake you.
I shall always hold you fast,I shall never set you free,You are mine, and I possess youLong as life shall last;You will comfort me,I shall bless you.
I shall keep you as we keepFlowers for memory, hid away,Under many a newer tokenBuried deep,Roses of a gaudier day,Rings and trinkets, bright and broken.
Other women I shall love,Fame and fortune I may win,But when fame and love forsake meAnd the light is night above,You will let me in,You will take me.