If there was a world…

She was walking along on the wide street

Her frail heart was all filled with pain

She was walking along and was hoping

That one day she’ll meet him again.

He was sitting below that old oak tree

The place where he first held her hands

He was sitting, and thinking and singing

The old song they both knew so well

If there was a world I could give you

That would be the sweetest you had

But if I’ve no such world to give you

I’ll give you the Heaven instead

As he was sitting below that oak tree

He felt in his heart the cruel blame

And only one place he knew, one only,

That could be a cure for his pain

She was dancing all night by the river

So sad the moon shone in her eyes

For she knew he had gone to the wild sea

And he’d let the wind push him to die

If there was a world I could give you

That would be the sweetest you had

But if I’ve no such world to give you

I’ll give you the Heaven instead