New Zealand Minstrelsy
Answer to the Lover’s Invitation
Answer to the Lover’s Invitation.
To me ye’re truly kind, dearest laddie, O,
To bear me thus in mind, dearest laddie, O;
If truth may be confess’d, on the heart that ’s in my breast,
In love thou art impress’d, my dearest laddie, O.
Prosperity; Liberty; Love’Tis not thy garden rare, dearest laddie, O,
Nor yet thy fields so fair, dearest laddie, O,
That can avail with me; for, as love is ever free,
’Tis thine that conquers me, my dearest laddie, O.
So thou may’st make me thine, dearest laddie, O,
In truth and love to join, dearest laddie, O;
SocietyMy hand I’ll thee bestow, though my kindred should say no,
And with thee I shall go, my dearest laddie, O.