Come what will, you are mine today

Come what will, you are mine today

While the woodbirds sing, and the world is gay

You are mine for a moment, come what may.

But how will it be when the sun's away

Where shall we go when the swallows fly

What shall we do when the roses die?

You are mine today, or you smile, or you sigh

But how will it be in the by and by?

You are mine today in your grace full grown

To clasp and kiss and to call my own

But how will it be when the rain comes down

When the birds are mute and the woods are brown

You are mine today with your secret told

The flow'r whose leaves I have watch'd unfold

But how will it be when the wind is cold?

What shall we do when we both grow old?

You are mine today while our hearts beat high

Though the sun be setting, I care not, I!

There are other lands where swallows fly

There is still next year when the roses die

There are other lands where the swallows fly

You are mine today, you are mind today

While our hearts, our hearts beat high.