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?