I wonder what is keeping my true love this night lyrics

All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Join us. Add new song. Album: Sleepless. Your love it lies as lightly as the dew on the thorn That descends in the evening, goes away with the dawn. I wonder what is keeping my true love this night, I wonder what is keeping him out of my sight. I wonder if he knows of the pain I endure And stays from me this night I'm not sure.

Oh love, are you coming your cause to advance? Or yet are you waiting for a far far better chance? Are you coming for to tell me you've a new love in store Or are you coming for to tell me you love me no more? For I can love lightly and I can love strong, I can love the old love till the new love comes on. I only said I loved you for to give your heart ease For when I'm not with you I'll love whom I please. Oh, there's gold in my pocket and pain in my heart For I can't love a man with too many sweethearts.

You're my first and only false love but it's lately I knew The stronger I loved you the falser you grew. Oh, the spring grass grows the greenest and spring water runs clear, I'm sorry and tormented for the love of my dear. Your love it lies so lightly as the dew on the thorn That's there in the evening and away with the dawn, That's there in the evening and away with the dawn.

There's a rose in yon garden is now in full bloom, Has been spreading and growing, it will soon be a tree; I reached right in tae it the rose to find, But a thorn pricked my finger and I left it behind. First chorus: Oh rue, oh rue, oh rue is in prime, Oh ye'll pull the red rose, I will pull the rue an' thyme. Oh I loved him oh sae dearly but noo him disdain For the mair that I loved him the prouder he became, Aye, the mair that I loved him the saucier he grew Ah, but now I must tell him that it's time for tae rue.

Chorus repeated after each verse : Oh rue, oh rue, oh rue is in prime, Oh ye'll pull the red rose and I'll pull the thyme. Oh, ye'll pu' the reid rose, I will pu' the rue and thyme Since ye've been unfaithfu', then I'll be unkind. And drink ye tae yer new love and I'll drink tae mine And here's a health tae the laddie that is maist on my mind.

For I can love a little or I can love long I can love a new love when my love is gone. I only said I loved him his mind for tae ease Ah, but noo his back is tae me, I can love who I please.