Speak Softly My Love

Oh, speak softly, my love
When you tell me goodbye
Should the whispering winds
Overhear you, they'll cry

Should they whisper you've gone
To the grey morning dawn
Every rose, every tree
Will be lonely like me
Oh, speak softly, my love

Let the little white clouds and the lonesome river move on
Lest the mist from the tears make the gentle sun hide his face
When you've gone

Oh, speak softly, my love
When you say you must go
Let my memories sleep
They know I still love you so

Should the mission bells toll
In farewell to our love
Everything that you see will be weeping like me
Oh, speak softly, my love

Let the little white clouds and the lonesome river move on
'Lest the mist from the tears make the gentle sun hide his face
When you've gone

Oh, speak softly, my love
When you say you must go
Let my memories sleep
They know I still love you so

Should the mission bells toll
In farewell to our love
Everything that you see will be weeping like me
Oh, speak softly, my love