Mary Of Argyle Lyrics - John Mcdermott

I have heard the Mavis singing 

His love song to the moon 

I have seen the dewdrop clinging 

To the rose just nearly born 

But a sweeter song has cheer'd me 

At the evening's gentle close 

And I've seen an eye still brighter 

Than the dewdrop on the rose 

'Twas thy 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 

Thine eye it's brightness too 

Tho' thy step may lack its fleetness 

And thy hair it's sunny hue 

Still to me wilt thou be dearer 

Than all the world shall own 

I have loved thee for thy beauty 

But not for that alone 

I have watched thy heart, dear Mary 

And its goodness was the wile 

That has made thee mine forever 

Bonnie Mary of Argyle