Fare thee well old ties now we're over I had loved thee for many a year May the waters of time deeply cover All our feelings that once was so dear Vain, vain are the vows we have plighted I would that we'd never had met Love's a flower that blooms to be blighted And the star of hope arose but to set Do not think of me then too unkindly Nor cherish one ill thought for me I had loved thee, but loved thee too blindly And now through my blindness I see Vain, vain are the vows we have plighted I would that we'd never had met Love's a flower that blooms to be blighted And the star of hope arose but to set Aye forever you give to another All the charms that were once fondly mine Will you think of me then as a brother And as a sister, the love shall be thine Vain, vain are the vows we have plighted I would that we'd never had met Love's a flower that blooms to be blighted And the star of hope arose but to set