MY LOVE'S AN ARBUTUS
Words: Alfred Perceval Graves
Music: "Old Irish Tune", according to the source.

For lovers of trivia, the lyricist was the father of Robert Graves, poet, critic, and author of such landmark volumes as I, Claudius and The White Goddess (neither of which I've read).

I'm curious about whether traditional (or any other) words to this tune are known. If not, I may come up with a modest example, since I'm not thrilled with Graves's words, which follow:

My love's an arbutus by the borders of Lene,
So slender and shapely in her girdle of green
And I measure the pleasure of her eye's sapphire sheen
By the blue skies that sparkle thro' the soft branching screen.

But tho' ruddy the berry and snowy the flow'r,
That brighten together the arbutus bow'r,
Perfuming and blooming through sunshine and show'r,
Give me her bright lips and her laugh's pearly dow'r.

Alas, fruit and blossom shall be dead on the lea,
And Time's jealous fingers dim your young charms, Machree
But unranging, unchanging you'll still cling to me
Like the evergeen leaf to the arbutus tree.

X:1
T: My Love's an Arbutus
A: Ireland
S: Twice 55 Plus Community Songs: The New Brown Book M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4 = 70
K: D dorian
N: Or is it D Mixolydian?
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You may find the tempo too slow--ABC2WIN doesn't seem to play it the way I want it.