Lyrics:
She's a laughing little beauty,
With eyes of deepest blue;
With a face that's full of sunshine,
And hair of golden hue.
She's a careless little fairy,
With a smile that's bright and free
As the first blush of the moonlight
When it trembles on the sea.
chorus:
Sweet little Maggie Maloney,
With eyes of Irish blue,
No one on earth can blame me
For dearly loving you.
Sweet little Maggie Maloney,
Shut up so close in my heart,
I have the dearest secret
Love could e'er impart.
“Where away, my winsome darling?
Where away, my merry sprite?”
I asked, as her wee feet pattered
O'er the old bridge quick and light.
“I'm crossing the murmuring river,
To meet in the moonlit dell,”
She answered, in sweet confusion,
“One you know ever so well.”
Then the snowy lids drooped slowly
Over eyes whose changing hue
Would have dimmed the stars of even—
Would have mocked the violets blue;
Then close to my side I drew her,
And there in the moonbeams' glow
I told her the old sweet story,
While murmured the river below.
