Serenade

When the moon is shining white
Through the darkness of the night
Then I wait alone
For love has flown
And the music of the breeze
As it wanders through the trees

Whispers this refrain
All love is vain
When the silent shadows fall
And the darkness covers all
Distant echoes sigh
Goodbye, goodbye
And the message of the dawn
As it steals across the moor
Falls on dale and dell
Farewell, my love, farewell

Yet in the night, from dreams so fair
I seem to wake to find you there
And then around me your dear arms are thrown
You come to claim me for your own

And as I float with you through heaven above
I wake from sleep at last to find myself alone

But the moon is shining white
Through the darkness of the night
And I wait alone
For love has flown
And the message of the dawn
As it steals across the moor
Falls on dale and dell
Farewell, farewell