Year Without a Summer

In the month of November, eighteen and fifteen
 Was the coldest of winters that ever we'd seen
 I gave myself up at the age of thirteen
 And he promised we'd marry in springtime
 When the rivers they froze and the mills could not run
 We'd sit close by the fire 'til each cold day was done
 And dream of our fields growing green in the sun
 And he promised we'd marry in springtime
 I listened through June and watched all July long
 For the first buds of spring and the hummingbird's song
 But the snows never stopped 'til my love he was gone
 And he promised we'd marry in springtime
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 I will go to the meadow to lay myself down
 With a stone for my pillow and my bed the cold ground
 'Neath a blanket of snow, with the stars all around
 And I'll never awaken 'til springtime