Winter it is Past

The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last,

And the small birds are singing in the trees

Now everything is glad, oh but I am very sad,

For my true love is parted from me.

The rose upon the briar by the water running clear

May have charms for the linnet and the bee

Their little loves are blest, ah their little hearts at rest,

But my true love is parted from me

And all you who are in love, and cannot it remove,

I pity all the pains that you endure,

For experience lets me know that your hearts are full of woe,

It's a woe that no mortal can cure.

My love is like the sun and the firmament does run

Forever is constant and true

But his is like the moon, it wanders up and doon,

And is every month changing anew.

The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last,

And the small birds are singing in the trees

Their little loves are blest, ah their little hearts at rest,

But my true love is parted away from me

My true love is far away from me.