What is a youth?
Impetuous fire
What is a maid?
Ice and desire
The world wags on
A rose will bloom
It then will fade
So does a youth
So does the fairest maid
Comes the time when one sweet smile
Has its season for a while
Then love's in love with me.
Some, they think only to marry,
Others will tease and tarry,
Mine is the very best parry.
Cupid, he rules us all.
Caper the caper
Sing me the song
Death will come soon to hush us along.
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall
Love is the pastime that never will pall.
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall
Cupid, he rules us all.
A rose will bloom
It then will fade
So does a youth
So does the fairest maid