amber tresses

far away in sunny mountains

where the merry sunbeams play

there i wandered through the clover

singing to a village maid

she was dearer than the dearest

ever loving kind and true

and she wore beneath her bonnet

amber tresses tied with blue

fate decreed that we be parted

ere the leaves of autumn fell

then two hearts were separated

that had loved each other well

she was all i had to cherish

ever loving kind and true

now i see in every vision

amber tresses tied with blue

she was dearer than the dearest

ever loving kind and true

and she wore beneath her bonnet

amber tresses tied with blue