Bonny Mary of Argyle - The Wolfe Tones

I have heard the mavis singing

His love song to the morn'

I have seen the dew drop clinging

To the rose just newly born

But a sweeter song has jeered me

At the evening’s gentle close

And I’ve seen an eye still brighter

Than the dew drop on the rose

'Twas your voice, my gentle Mary

And your artless winning smile

That made this world an Eden

Bonny Mary of Argyle

Though your voice may lose its sweetness

And your eye it’s brightness too

Though your step may lose its fleetness

And your hair it’s sunny hue

Still to me will you be dearer

Than all the world shall own

I have loved you for your beauty

But not for that alone

I have watched your heart, dear Mary

And it’s goodness was the wile

That has made you mine forever

Bonny Mary of Argyle

Still to me will you be dearer

Than all the world shall own

I have loved you for your beauty

But not for that alone

I have watched your, deary Mary

And it’s goodness was the wile

That has made you mine forever

Bonny Mary of Argyle