Oh, I'm twined with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue
Oh, I'll dance, I will sing and my love shall be gay
I will charm every heart in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idol was clay
All portions of love had all flown away
Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now pondering no mystery can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell
Oh, he taught me to love him, he called me his flower
A blossom to cheer him through life's weary hour
But now he has gone and left me alone
While flowers do weep and the wild birds do roam
I'm a flower, I'm a flower, I'm a flower, I'm a flower
I'm a flower, I'm a flower, I'm a flower, I'm a flower
I will dance and I'll sing and my heart will be gay
I'll banish this weeping drive troubles away
I'll wait to see him regret this dark hour
When he won and neglected this frail wildwood plow
And I'll do my best to tend and enormously
So my friends will help me to keep on
But the heart of the blind won't let me buy it
I can listen to it but I'm afraid of losing it
My words have changed, but I won't stop
and I'll not lose it
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