Lyrics Our House of Cedar and Fir - Deborah Stokol

The beams of our house are cedar
The rafters are made of fir

Set me as a seal upon your arm
Set me as a seal upon your heart

The beams of our house are cedar
The rafters are made of fir

Set me as a seal upon your arm
Set me as a seal upon your heart

For our love is stronger than death
Jealousy is fierce as the grave

Its flashes are flashes made of fire
Many waters cannot quench our love

Neither can floods a-drown it
Rivers cannot wash it away

An earthquake cannot separate
My love nor tear it away

Let the morning bring word of my love
Unfailing as the night
For I have put all my trust in you
Show me the way to go with you

You have so caught my heart
With but one glance of yours
Your eyes are like the jewels, my love
That rest in a royal crown

Kiss me on the mouth, my love
Its taste is sweeter than wine
Lead me to the banquet hall
Fly your banner o'er my heart

Strengthen me with raisins, dear
Share bright apples picked so fresh
For I am faint with love for thee
For I am faint with love

Your fragrance is like a perfume
Your name perfume poured out

Take me home with you, let's hurry
Take me home with you

Love will awaken when it desires
Love has awakened here

Rise my love, rise up, my fair one
Come away with me.
And I'll come right home to thee

For I am my beloved's
And my beloved is mine

Rise my love, rise up, my fair one
Come away with me

Entreat me not to leave, my dear
Or to turn away from you

Wherever you will go, I'll go
Where you will lodge, I'll lodge

Your people shall be my people
Your queen shall be my queen

Where you die, I will die
And love the only thing to part us

But love is stronger than death
Love is stronger than death

I am yours, and you are mine
Let's gaze upon the lilies of the valley

From our house of cedar and fir
Our names a seal upon our hearts

I am yours, and you are mine
A love so great returned in kind

From our house of cedar and fir
Our names a seal upon our hearts

I am yours, and you are mine
A love so great returned in kind