The Farewell Song

Adieu, adieu, king friends, adieu

I can no longer stay with you

My love for you runs deep and true

But adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu

Goodbye, my love, goodbye, goodbye

Now is not the time to cry

This little bird must flap his wings and fly

Goodbye, my love, goodbye, goodbye

Up great mountains and down and down into the valleys way below

And where 'ere it blows, that wicked wind, it blows and blows

And I, and I, yes, I will follow

And I know not much but what I know I know

I know I know that, come morning, you will be yesterday

And I will be tomorrow

Goodbye, kind friends, goodbye, goodbye

Well, ours is not to question why

But for the grace of God go I

Goodbye, kind friends, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye