And am hailed by all hearts with delight:

And this, this is why

I am named for the beautiful bow in the sky.

The rainbow, it cometh 'mid sunlight and tears,—

The tears it soon chaseth away;

I banish all sighs for the year that is passed,

And the future in sunlight array:

And this, this is why

I am named for the beautiful bow in the sky.

The rainbow, it telleth of promise and love,