I shall not die because of you Oh woman though you shame the swan They were foolish men you killed Do not think me a foolish man
Why should I leave the world behind For the soft hand, the dreaming eye The crimson lips, the breasts of snow Is it for these you'd have me die
Why should I heed the fancy free The joyous air, the eye of blue The side like foam, the virgin neck I shall not die because of you
The devil take the golden hair That maiden look, that voice so gay The delicate heel and pillared thigh Only some foolish man would slay
Oh woman though you shame the swan A wise man taught me all he knew I know the crooked ways of love I shall not because of you I shall not because of you
I shall not because of you Oh woman though you shame the swan They were foolish men you killed Do not think me a foolish man
Why should I leave the world behind For the soft hand, the dreaming eye The crimson lips, the breasts of snow Is it for these you'd have me die
Oh woman though you shame the swan A wise man taught me all he knew I know the crooked ways of love I shall not because of you I shall not because of you I shall not because of you