Her Lover’s Step + 

Step, step, step, ’tis her lover’s walk, + 

She knows his step as well’s his talk; + 

He is the favorite of her choice, + 

So his step’s familiar as his voice. + 

Step, step, step, she now is wed, + 

And it is now her husband’s tread; + 

His homeward step it cheers her life, + 

For she is a kind faithful wife. + 

But he the husband and yet lover, + 

His steps at last do cease forever; + 

And she doth soon hear the tread + 

Of men who do bear out the dead. + 

Her heart it now doth throb with pain, + 

Though she knows sorrow is but vain; + 

For him she never can recall, + 

And no more hear his footsteps fall. + 

But still she hopes he yet will come + 

And visit her in their old home; + 

But time approaches, she must die, + 

Her husband’s footsteps she hears nigh. + 

Step, step, step, we ne’er shall part, + 

I hear the echo in my heart; + 

Now happiness dispels the gloom, + 

Radiant with joy my face doth bloom. + 

Pain and suffering all are past, + 

She joyous cried he’s come at last; + 

And soon she breathes out her last breath, + 

He guides her through the vale of death. + 