Water Ballad

Come hither, gently rowing,

Come, bear me quickly

This stream so brightly

To yonder woodland shore.

But vain were my

To pay thee, courteous guide;

Row on, row on, for everI'd have thee by my side.

Good boatman, prithee haste thee,

I seek my father-land. --Say, when I there have placed thee,

Dare I demand thy hand?

A maiden's head can

So hard a point decide;

Row on, row on, for everI'd have thee by my side.

The happy bridal

The wanderer ceased to roam,

For, seated by her lover,

The boat became her home.

And they still sang

As steering o'er the tide:

Row on through wind and

For ever by my side.