Al-tho' I'm but a girl of sev-en-teen,
I would so like to be some-one's af-fin-i-ty,
I'd like to have him woo me for his queen,
Oh Heav'n a-bove! How could I love!
If he would take me in his arms
and call me all his own,
Im-a-gine how de-light-ful that would be!
For-sak-ing ev-'ry oth-er I would cling to him a-lone,
If he would on-ly say he loved but me.
If he'd say that he loves but me!
loves but me! on-ly me!
What a par-a-dise life would be!
life would be!
When he asked me to name the day
name the day! name the day!
I would say right a-way don't de-lay If you love but me.