Mary Black

I went to church on sunday
My love, she passed me by
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye
By the roving of her eye
By the roving of her eye
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye

My love's fair and proper
Her waist is neat and small
She is quite good-looking
And that' s the best of all
And that' s the best of all
And that' s the best of all
And she is quite good-looking
And that' s the best of all

Oh, hannah, loving hannah
Come give to me your hand
You said that if you're married
That i will be the one
That i will be the one
That i will be the one
You said that if you're married
That i will be the one

I will go down by the river
When everyone's asleep
I'll think of loving hannah
And then sit down and grieve
And then sit down and grieve
And then sit down and grieve
I'll think of loving hannah
And then sit down and grieve

I went to church on sunday
My love she passed me by
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye
By the roving of her eye
By the roving of her eye
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye

The moon was bright, the night was clear
No breeze came over the sea
When mary left her highland home
And wandered forth with me
The flowers be-decked the mountainside
And fragrance filled the vale
But by far the sweetest flower there
Was the rose of allendale

Oh the rose of allendale
Sweet rose of allendale
By far the sweetest flower there
Was the rose of allendale

Where e'er i wandered east or west
Though fate began to lour
A solace still was she to me
In sorrow's lonely hour
When tempests lashed our lonely barque
And rent her quivering sail
One maiden's form withstood the storm
'twas the rose of allendale

Oh sweet rose of allendale
Sweet rose of allendale
One maiden's form withstood the storm
'twas the rose of allendale

And when my fever'd lips were parched
On afric's burning sands
She whispered hopes of happiness
And tales of distant lands
My life has been a wilderness
Unblessed by fortune's wheel
Had fate not linked my love to hers
The rose of allendale

Oh sweet rose of allendale
Sweet rose of allendale
Had fate not linked my love to hers
The rose of allendale

There's a wilderness
It's a no man's land
Between alice springs and the ocean
Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand
And a silken thread keeps a hold on you
When the emptieness like a potion tends to fray your reason strand by strand
And there's no more need for the mask your wear
When the last goodbyes have been said
So kiss the cheeks of you dearest friends
And turn to the desert ahead
Now you're on your own like a sailing ship
You're the captain, crew and sailors
Turn around and this is what you see

Chorus

This me facing me all alone
'cause i choose to be with the wind and the sun on me only me

Now you dream so much about being lost
Your ghost by a coolebah sleeping
Haunts you and whispers in your ear
Give up give up this lonely road
No one knows the promise you're keeping
You can't touch the emptiness out here
But the grace that mends this broken wing
The blue sky to regain
Will lift those feet and raise those eyes
To face the desert again
As the dawn reveals the journey's end
In truth it's only beginning
And it's as big as your eyes wish to see

Chorus

I have been wond'ring
What i'm gonna do
While you are sleeping
Am i sleeping too
Well i'm just sittin' here lovin' you
Close my eyes and lovin' you
Oh i'm just sittin' back
Sittin' here lovin' you

If you've been wond'rin
Just what i would do
If i weren't sleeping
Had i not found you
Well i'd be outside finding you
I'd be walkin' down avenue finding you
Oh i'm just sittin' here lovin' you

Oh the reason that you never see me runnin' round
Fingers on my forehead couldn't calm me down
And i can't even get me up and on my feet
I have to take care of some bus'ness on the street
Oh i have been walkin' all my streets alone
I'd keep on walkin' to keep from goin' home
I couldn't quite barely conceive of you
Now i can't conceive of ever leavin' you
Oh i'm just stittin' back
Sittin' here lovin' you

Oh i'm just sittin' here lovin' you
Oh i'm just sittin' back
Sittin' here lovin' you