[Chorus]
Kiss me once before thou goest
Summertide sorrow
I have loved thee the most
And shall love thee to my barrow

[Verse 1]
I don my red surcoat tonight
Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight
Like Godiva, hair loose down to the thigh
Pattens off, I feel so alive

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, by God! I feel it in the air
Cathedral bells above a-ringing like a prayer
How my heart’s afire! I feel it everywhere
Naught can daunt me anymore

[Chorus]
Kiss me once before thou goest
Summertide sorrow
I have lovеd thee the most
And shall love thee to my barrow

[Post-Chorus]
‘Tis but summertidе
Summertide sorrow
Summertide, summertide sorrow
‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrow
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
I feel the wind with every stride
Riding nearly swift as the arrow flies
With my vagabond by my heavenly side
I know if I go, I shall die happy tonight

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, by God! I feel it in the air
Cathedral bells above a-ringing like a prayer
How my heart’s afire! I feel it everywhere
Naught can daunt me anymore

[Chorus]
Kiss me once before thou goest
Summertide sorrow
I have loved thee the most
And shall love thee to my barrow

[Post-Chorus]
‘Tis the summertide
Summertide sorrow
Summertide, summertide sorrow
‘Tis the summertide, summertide sorrow
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge]
I shall miss thee forever
Like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky
Later is better than never
E’en if thou art gone, I shall yet ride, ride, ride

[Post-Chorus]
‘Tis but summertide
Summertide sorrow
Summertide, summertide sorrow
‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrow
Oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]
Kiss me once before thou goest
Summertide sorrow
I have loved thee the most
And shall love thee to my barrow

[Chorus]
‘Tis but summertide
Summertide sorrow
Summertide, summertide sorrow
‘Tis but summertide, summertide sorrow
Oh, oh, oh