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Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Sep-09 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Will You Come to the Bower (Thomas Moore)
Subject: Lyr Add: WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER (Thomas Moore)
From The Works of Thomas Moore, Comprehending All His Melodies, Ballads, etc., Vol. 5 (Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1823), page 205:


WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER?
Thomas Moore

1. Will you come to the bower I have shaded for you?
Our bed shall be roses all spangled with dew.
Will you, will you, will you, will you
Come to the bower?

2. There, under the bower, on roses you'll lie,
With a blush on your cheek, but a smile in your eye.
Will you, will you, will you, will you
Smile, my beloved?

3. But the roses we press shall not rival your lip,
Nor the dew be so sweet as the kisses we'll sip.
Will you, will you, will you, will you
Kiss me, my love?

4. And oh! for the joys that are sweeter than dew
From languishing roses, or kisses from you.
Will you, will you, will you, will you,
Won't you, my love?