[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!"
[01:35.980]
[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.