Mountain Lilac

In autumn, my love asked of me to hike this hilly land

And there I planned to pledge my troth and ask her for her hand

She said, it's much too fast, we must give true love its due

Ask me again when mountain lilac turns these hillsides blue

Oh the mountain lilac, brittle brown in winter's gloom

Belies the springtime color of the ceanothus bloom

Then winter came and with it came a pitfall of the heart

My work required me in Texas, we would be apart

She said, I fear fair maids of Texas, sealing our love's doom

I know not if your eyes will see the mountain lilac bloom