Just one year ago today love I became your happy bride Changed a mansion for a cottage To live by the river side You told me I'd be happy But no happiness I see For tonight I am a widow In the cottage by the sea All alone by the seaside he left me And no other's bride I'll be For in bridal flowers he begged me In the cottage by the sea CHORUS From my cottage by the seaside I can see my mansion home I can see those hills and valleys Where with pleasure I have roamed The last time that I saw him Oh how happy then were we But tonight I am a widow In the cottage by the sea CHORUS