One evenin ' for pleasure I rambled to view
The fa ir fields a ll alon e
Down by the banks of Lo ch Erin
Where be auty and pleasure were kno wn.
I sp ied a fair maid at her la bors
Which ca used me to stay for a wh ile
And I th ought of this goddess of be auty
Blo omin' bright star of Belle Is le.
I humbled my s elf to her bea uty.
"fair ma iden where do you bel ong?
Are you from he aven descend ed
A bi ding in Cupid's fair th rone?"
"young m an i will tell you a se cret.
It's t rue I'm a maid that is p oor
And to pa rt from my vows and my pro mise
That's mo re then my heart can end ure."
"there fo re I remain at my serv ice
And go thr ough all my hard ship and to il
And wa it for the la d that has left me
All alon e on the ban ks of Belle Isl e."
"Young maid en I wish not t o banter.
'Tis tr ue I come here in disgu ise.
I came to fulfill our last p romise
And ho pe to give you a sur prise."
"I've kn own you're a maid I love dea rly
And you've be en in my he art all the whi le.
For m e there is n o other da msel
Than my blo oming bright st ar of Belle Isle ."