The Lonesome Scenes of Winter歌词

As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds to blow
Clouds around the center inclined to frost and snow
You're the boy that I have chosen to be my only dear
Your scornful heart is frozen and drifted far I fear

One night I went to see my love, but he proved most scornfully
I asked him if he'd marry me, but he would not marry me
The night it is far spent, my love, it's near the break of day
I am waiting for your answer, my dear, what do you say?


I can but plainly tell you, I 'll lead a single life
I never thought it fitting that you should be my wife
So take a civil answer and for yourself provide
I have another sweetheart and you I have laid aside

Now my mind is changing that old love for the new
This wide and lonesome valley I mean to ramble thru'
In search of someone handsome that might my fancy fill
That world is wide and lonesome, if he don't, another will.