Saltbush Bill and other Verses

As Long as your Eyes are Blue

Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson


“WILL you love me, sweet, when my hair is grey
    And my cheeks shall have lost their hue?
When the charms of youth shall have passed away,
    Will your love as of old prove true?

“For the looks may change, and the heart may range,
    And the love be no longer fond;
Wilt thou love with truth in the years of youth
    And away to the years beyond?

Oh, I love you, sweet, for your locks of brown
    And the blush on your cheek that lies—
But I love you most for the kindly heart
    That I see in your sweet blue eyes.

For the eyes are signs of the soul within,
    Of the heart that is leal and true,
And mine own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
    Just as long as your eyes are blue.

For the locks may bleach, and the cheeks of peach
    May be reft of their golden hue;
But mine own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
    Just as long as your eyes are blue.


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