Lad o' my heart, Lad o' my heart,
How can you know what you mean to me?
Out of my want, out of my loss,
Out of my dreams you came to me;
With the glory of youth you came to me;
A young god out of the morning skies,
With your strong brown arms and your laughing eyes.

Romance has come to the earth at last;
Adventure has knocked at the heart of me.
At last, at last the aching past
Is a thing forgotten, and I am free —
Did you know what your lips on mine would do?
God was good when he gave me you.

Lad o' my heart, Lad o' my heart,
Now I know what my prayers were for,
What my tears and fears and the dull, dull cares
Through the long, long years were suffered for.
I love — I live — I am one with thee —
What has life more to offer me!