Throw down the lute and seize the lance. This is no time for song and dance ; Go quench the festive lamps again ; And check the bard's too joyous strain ! At dawn of day they'll ride away -- When to return -- ah ! who can say ? How full of change, and full of strife Must be the warrior's roving life ! But danger gives his heart relief -- He hath no time to nourish grief. At dawn of day, they'll ride away -- When to return -- ah ! who can say ! But woman has a dreary fate -- He goes -- she lingers at the gate -- And where he left her, lives to miss All that once made that life seem bliss ! At dawn of day they'll ride away -- When to return-- ah ! who can say ?
Songs of the Days of Chivalry
Song Cycle by Thomas Henry Severn (1801 - 1881)
?. Ah! who can say? [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797 - 1839), "Ah! Who can say?", appears in Songs of the Days of Chivalry, first published 1831
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