The Dubliners - I Loved the Ground She Walked Upon lyrics

I loved the ground she walked upon And the air she would softly breathe The feather touch of her gentle lips That only a fool would leave That only a fool would leave But we tasted forbidden wine Though I loved the ground she walked upon I could never have made her mine The swallows fly all along the can*l And I watch with a heavy heart In dizzy spins they dive and wheel Touch wings and then depart Touch wings and then depart As the summer fades away Though I loved the ground she walked upon I knew that I could not stay The swallow is a summer's child And she flies before the cold Though I loved the ground she walked upon She was not mine to hold She was not mine to hold But it was easy to pretend Though I loved the ground she walked upon A summer has to end A summer has to end