HAND IN HAND
Reading edition
Hand in hand through the flow’ry ways Went Dora and I in the bygone days; A wee girl she, her boy lover I, Ready to fight for her and die. Hand in hand through this vale of tears Went Dora and I in the after-years; She was my wife and her husband I Ready to fight for her and die. Hand in hand to the very last As her dear eyes dimmed, and her spirit passed; An angel is she,—alone am I Ready, O, God! and I cannot die.