AYR ON THE RHINE LYRICS

​Recorded by Rita And Sarah Keane

A soldier stood in the village street and bade his love adieu
His gun and knapsack on his back his company in view
With tears he kissed her once again then turned away his head
He could but whisper in his pain and this is what he said

Love dear, Love be true, be only mine When the war is o'er 
we'll part no more At Ayr on the Rhine.
As they marched along through the village street
Their banners floating gay

The children cheered the tramping feet that went to the war away
One among them turned around once more to look again
Though his lips gave out no sound his heart sighed this refrain
Love dear, Love be true, be only  mine When the war is o'er 

we'll part no more At Ayr on the Rhine.
In the battlefield the pale cold moon was shedding its peaceful light
Shining on a soul on its last eternal flight Amid the 
dying a soldier lay his comrades close at hand

He said when I am far away and you in your native land
Say to my love be true, be only only mine When the war 
is o'er we'll meet no more At Ayr on the Rhine.