I have cried this lonely winter,
for e'er my love is gone.
I shall search and search to find her,
Never to prevail.
I pack my bags, I'm goin'
to find what I have lost,
but there are things that aren't forgotten.
My love, you're in my heart.
I will sail all the oceans;
I will climb every tree;
I will search the whole world over
'til I return to thee.
I shall leave this lonely winter,
for e'er my love is gone.
She has left and gone forever,
Never to return.
Her smile brought the sunrise;
Her laughter soothed the soul;
The crops grew just to please her;
and the rain fell when she died.
That year, it was a hard one,
Not many would survive,
But none are so dearly missed
As my love to all alive.
I left that lonely winter,
for e'er my love was gone
where none would dare to follow.
None but I, her love.