Where the Rhine runs down to the sea.

Now one of these Knights she loved full well,

And he bowed low at her feet;[[2]]

“I have wooed thee for three long years,” he said,

“When wilt thou wed me, sweet?”

But she with a light laugh answered “Wait.”

“I will wait one year,” said he,

“And then I shall come to claim your hand

Where the Rhine runs down to the sea.”

So off to the foreign wars he went