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They have giv’n her to another —

They have sever’d ev’ry vow;

They have giv’n her to another,

And my heart is lonely now;

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They remember’d not our parting —

They remember’d not our tears,

They have sever’d in one fatal hour

The tenderness of years.

Oh! was it weal to leave me?

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Thou couldst not so deceive me;

Lang and sairly shall I grieve thee,

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They have giv’n thee to another —

Thou art now his gentle bride;

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Had I lov’d thee as a brother,

I might see thee at his side;

But I know with gold they won thee,

And thy trusting heart beguil’d;

Thy mother too, did shun me,

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For she knew I lov’d her child.

Oh! was it weal to leave me?

Thou couldst not so deceive me;

Lang and sairly shall I grieve thee,

Lost, lost Rosabel!

 

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They have giv’n her to another —

She will love him, so they say;

If her mem’ry do not chide her,

Oh! perhaps, perhaps she may;

But I know that she hath spoken

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What she never can forget;

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And tho’ my poor heart be broken,

It will love her, love her yet.

Oh! was it weal to leave me?

Thou couldst not so deceive me;

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Lang and sairly shall I grieve thee,

Lost, lost Rosabel!