She sat and sang alway By the green margin of a stream Watching the fishes leap And play beneath the glad sunbeam I sat and wept away Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam Watching the blossoms of the May Weep leaves into the stream I wept the memory She sang for hope that's so far My tears were swallowed by the sea Her songs died on the air ♪ She sat and sang alway By the green margin of a stream Watching the fishes leap And play beneath the glad sunbeam I sat and wept away Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam Watching the blossoms of the May Weep leaves into the stream I wept the memory She sang for hope that's so far My tears were swallowed by the sea Her songs died on the air