Come Back, Nelline

Sweetheart Nelline, fly back to me,

     That is my song tonight;

If thou but knew the agony

     I’ve borne since thy swift flight.

Sweetheart, Nelline, stay not away,

     The fault was wholly mine;

I bitterly repent the day,

     I grieved that heart of mine.

              Chorus

Come back, come back, Nelline, to me,

     O, let me not repine;

Come back to me, and let me see

     That lovely face of thine.

Come back, come back, Nelline, to me,

     My only wife to be;

Come back, I pray, O, happy day!

     Comeback, Nelline, to me.

                 II.

Sweetheart Nelline, dost thou not hear,

     My heart cry out to thee;

O, speed my song, ye winds, severe,

     O’er land and over sea;

O, bear to her this message true,

     Assist ye powers above!

Come back, Nelline, I grieve for you,

     Come back to joy and love.

              Chorus

Come back, come back, Nelline, to me,

     O, let me not repine;

Come back to me, and let me see

     That lovely face of thine.

Come back, come back, Nelline, to me,

     My only wife to be;

Come back, I pray, O, happy day!

     Comeback, Nelline, to me.

April 15, 1895