To make you stay, dear girl, to make you stay

I'll hide you away in the night time

No one will find you under my right arm

No one will find you under my right arm

Don't you feel happy when it's all done?

Don't you feel sad when you've lost someone?

Dear, dear, stay till the dawn comes in

Teach me to be a summer's morning

Teach me to be a summer's morning

Don't say no, dear girl, don't smile now and say no

Give me a smile when the night is gone

Teach me to be a winter's blossom

Teach me to be a winter's blossom

Dear, dear, dear, I once had a starling

Dear, dear, dear, my pretty little darling

Dear, dear, dear, but she flew away in the night time

From under my right arm