Thomas Hardy - The Wedding Morning lyrics

  Tabitha dressed for her wedding:-   “Tabby, why look so sad?” “ - O I feel a great gloominess spreading, spreading,   Instead of supremely glad! . . .   “I called on Carry last night,   And he came whilst I was there, Not knowing I'd called. So I kept out of sight,   And I heard what he said to her:   “‘ - Ah, I'd far liefer marry   You, Dear, to-morrow!' he said, ‘But that cannot be.' - O I'd give him to Carry,   And willingly see them wed,   “But how can I do it when   His baby will soon be born? After that I hope I may die. And then   She can have him. I shall not mourn!'