Adieu false heart, since we must part.
May the joy of the world go with you.
I've loved you long with a faithful heart,
But I never anymore can I believe you.
I've seen a time I'd have married you,
And been your constant lover.
But now I'll gladly give you up
For one whose heart's more truer.
My mind is like the constant sun.
From the east to the west it ranges.
Yours is like unto the moon.
It's every month a-changing.
When I lay down to take my rest.
No scornful morn to wake me.
I'll go straight ways unto my grave.
Just as fast as time can take me.
May the joy of the world go with you.
I've loved you long with a faithful heart,
But I never anymore can I believe you.
I've seen a time I'd have married you,
And been your constant lover.
But now I'll gladly give you up
For one whose heart's more truer.
My mind is like the constant sun.
From the east to the west it ranges.
Yours is like unto the moon.
It's every month a-changing.
When I lay down to take my rest.
No scornful morn to wake me.
I'll go straight ways unto my grave.
Just as fast as time can take me.