(She sings.)
Flower of the Bean,
Oh the joys we have known, oh the days we have seen !
When Love sang, the world was so glad and so green,
O flower of the Bean !
Flower of the Brake,
Life had but one blossom ; and oh, for your sake
I plucked it, and gave it ! now let my heart break,
O flower of the brake !
Flower of the Rose,
The rain ever rains, and the wind ever blows,
And life since you left me has nothing but woes,
O flower of the Rose !
Flower of the Gorse,
All the love that I gave you comes back like a curse ;
No peace will be mine till I’m laid in my hearse,
O flower of the Gorse !