The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Mary of Argyle
106—MARY OF ARGYLE
I have heard the mavis singing, His love song to the morn;I have seen the dewdrops clinging To the rose just newly born;But a sweeter song has cheered me, At the ev'ning gentle close,And I've seen an eye still brighter Than the dewdrop on the rose;'Twas they voice, my gentle Mary, And thine artless winning smile,That made this world an Eden, Bonnie Mary of Argyle.
Tho' thy voice may lose its sweetness, And thine eye its brightness tooTho' thy step may lose its fleetness, And thy hair its sunny hue,Still to me thou wilt be dearer Than all the world shall ownI have loved thee for thy beauty But not for that aloneI have watch'd thy heart, dear Mary, And its goodness was the wileThat has made thee mine for ever Bonnie Mary of Argyle.