Hark the trembling rivers running And oh the golden eagle winds With the snowdrop fit for bursting Come the springtime Through the night we drove from London And from the mainland we set sail And all of Stornoway was quiet Save for the church bell If I asked you for your hand tonight If I swore I'd let you in And if I said you'd be my only love And I would sing this to our children If I asked you for your hand tonight And I knelt before the northern sky Aurora borealis is my witness My love I do confess But girl would you say yes Through the dewdrops we walked barefoot And watched the herons fish at dawn And you pitched your easel on the jetty And painted through the morning You know I've sung a thousand stories About these shores that give me peace And how I leave my love for London For this antithesis If I asked you for your hand tonight If I swore I let you in And if I said you'd be my only lover And I would sing this to our children If I asked you for your hand tonight And I knelt before the northern sky Aurora borealis is my witness My love I do confess But girl would you say yes Would you say yes?