I went to the opera

Against the doppler

I paid with copper coins

With another coin

They gave me cobbler

I was pleased but still forlorn

I gobbled the cobbler

And drank from my goblet

I was treated like a king

I wore a cape of cotton and crepe

You should have heard me sing

The dancers danced the minuet

Oh how I thought of you

Our country cottage

The willows and swallows

Blanket banquets just for two

I used to play the violin

I gave you violets of blue

Whene’er I hear a minuet

I’ll always think of you.