"My sweetheart dwells on the coast of Brazil"

Worlds apart, two lovers long to re-unite.

My sweetheart dwells on the coast of Brazil,--

in clear, sweet notes her lips speak Portuguese;

her beauty makes the earth and sun stand still--

what a tragedy if she were a tease!

Beholding her fair face is what I miss;

surrounding her in a loving embrace

and kneeling down to give her a soft kiss:

all these would make my quickening heart race!

The distance between us, like a thick mist,

keeps us apart;--but I by heaven swear

that someday we'll have our clandestine tryst,

place after place in the same hemisphere.

     And if she's not 'gainst tarrying for me,

     I'd give all to marry her by the sea.