The Merry Wives Of Windsor - The True Lover's Farewell lyrics

Oh fare thee well, I must be gone And leave you for awhile Wherever I go, I will return If I go ten thousand miles my dear If I go ten thousand miles Ten thousand miles it is so far To leave me here alone Well, I may lie, lament and cry And you willl not hear me mourn, my dear You will not hear me mourn As you sail away to distant lands Along for you I'll yearn My heart you'll hold in your strong hands While I wait for your return. The crow that is so black, my dear Shall change his color white And if ever I should prove false to the one that I love The day shall turn to night, my dear The day shall turn to night Yes, the day, oh the day, yes the day will turn to night Oh don't you see that milk white dove, Sitting on yonder tree, Lamenting for her own true love As I lament for thee, my dear As I lament for thee As you sail away to distant lands Along for you I'll yearn My heart you'll hold in your strong hands While I wait for your return. The rivers never will run dry Nor the rocks melt with the sun And I never will prove false to the one that I love Till all these things be done, my dear Till all these things be done Oh fare thee well, I must be gone And leave you for awhile Wherever I go, I will return If I go ten thousand miles my dear If I go ten thousand miles As you sail away to distant lands Along for you I'll yearn My heart you'll hold in your strong hands While I wait for your return. My heart you'll hold in your strong hands While I wait for your return.