Beauty Beyond Compare

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
I’d go out to the riverbank to play my horn.
Out to the green meadow, before the plow breaks the soil.
I’d go out to the river’s expanse—oh, for a girl’s beauty.
I’d wander about, repentant, tormented by love.

[Chorus]
She was the only one for me…
A maiden’s beauty with her side-swept hair.
My sweetheart, my beloved…
Beauty beyond compare… Yeah…
I didn’t mess around, I didn’t play games… I loved her…
I danced in circles with her.
My sweetheart, my beloved…
Beauty beyond compare… Yeah…

[Verse 2]
I courted her in the fall, in October when the grass turned gray.
I sent matchmakers to my sweetheart, begging her to become my wife.
By winter, we’d had the wedding; God granted my wish, and I took her.
I was restless and repentant, yet tormented by love.

[Chorus]
She was the only one for me…
A maiden’s beauty with a side-swept bang.
My sweetheart, my beloved…
My peerless beauty… Yeah…
I didn’t mess around, I didn’t play games… I loved her…
I danced in circles with her.
My sweetheart, my beloved…
My peerless beauty… Yeah…

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
She was the only one for me…
A maiden’s beauty with a side-swept bang.
Sweet and longed-for…
Beauty beyond compare… Yeah…
I didn’t mess around, I didn’t play games… I loved her…
I danced in circles with her.
Sweet and longed-for…
Beauty beyond compare… Yeah…
[End]