Tonight, I wonder with a sigh,
While she's asleep in my embrace,
What I'd have done in years gone by
Had she declined my wooing chase.
Would happiness have left me then?
Would I have missed the love I lost?
Would I have chanced to love again
Or rued the day our pathways crossed?
The answers have remained unknown;
They dwell in dreams as yet untold.
I dread the thought of being alone
Or never having her to hold.
And yet, it’s silly that I dwell
On thoughts of sadness late at night,
For she has been my lovely belle
Since we first met, so life is right.