Love

My Little Tender Heart

by Gilbert Parker 1862–1932

From Embers (1895)

Love

My little tender heart,
O gai, vive le roi!
My little tender heart,
O gai, vive le roi!
‘Tis for a grand baron,
Vive le roi, la reine!
‘Tis for a grand baron,
Vive Napoleon!

My mother promised it,
O gai, vive le roi!
My mother promised it,
O gai, vive le roi!
To a gentleman of the king,
Vive le roi, la reine!
To a gentleman of the king,
Vive Napoleon!

Oh, say, where goes your love?
O gai, vive le roi!
Oh, say, where goes your love?
O gai, vive le roi!
He rides on a white horse,
Vive le roi, la reine!
He wears a silver sword,
Vive Napoleon!

Oh, grand to the war he goes,
O gai, vive le roi!
Oh, grand to the war he goes,
O gai, vive le roi!
Gold and silver he will bring,
Vive le roi, la reine!
And eke the daughter of a king--
Vive Napoleon!

MLA

Parker, Gilbert. “My Little Tender Heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/124/.

Chicago

Parker, Gilbert. “My Little Tender Heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/124/.

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