Bridal Ballad

[00:00.660]	The ring is on my hand,
[00:00.730]
[00:04.860]	And the wreath is on my brow;
[00:10.100]	Satin and jewels grand
[00:14.630]
[00:14.880]	Are all at my command,
[00:20.570]	And I am happy now.
[00:26.470]
[00:30.900]	And my lord he loves me well;
[00:32.380]	Bridal Ballad
[00:34.980]	But, when first he breathed his vow,
[00:39.500]	I felt my bosom swell-
[00:43.260]	For the words rang as a knell,
[00:48.120]	And the voice seemed his who fell
[00:51.900]	In the battle down the dell,
[00:56.200]	And who is happy now.
[01:01.970]
[01:04.510]	But he spoke to re-assure me,
[01:08.910]	And he kissed my pallid brow,
[01:12.830]	While a reverie came o'er me,
[01:17.270]	And to the church-yard bore me,
[01:21.090]	And I sighed to him before me,
[01:25.830]	Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
[01:29.640]	"Oh, I am happy now!"
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[02:20.250]	And thus the words were spoken,
[02:24.200]	And this the plighted vow,
[02:28.350]	And, though my faith be broken,
[02:32.520]	And, though my heart be broken,
[02:37.130]	Here is a ring, as token
[02:41.090]	That I am happy now!
[02:46.850]
[02:49.450]	Would God I could awaken!
[02:53.370]	For I dream I know not how!
[02:57.470]	And my soul is sorely shaken
[03:01.480]	Lest an evil step be taken,-
[03:05.540]	Lest the dead who is forsaken
[03:10.190]	May not be happy now.