We all watched enchanted
When my love came to be
She took a golden ribbon
And tied it round a tree
And then she walked away
Without a look at me
It was then and there I was certain
My love she's always be

I tried to catch the leaves
As they fell from the tree
I tried to hold a sunbeam
But it wasn't meant to be
And all through the winter
To the spring I did see
The memory of my sweetheart
Walking away from me

Times shoes have tired soles
And the lines have grown on me
I'm happily soothed by marriage
And I'm proud of my family
But deep inside away I hide
That ribbon round the tree
The moment that a love
Was never meant to be