| Lyrics: | On the farmhouse veranda,
There sat Silas and Miranda,
Thinking of the days gone
by.
Said he "Dearie, don't be weary,
You were always bright and cheery,
But a tear,
dear, dims your eye.
Said she "They're tears of gladness,
Silas, they're not tears of
sadness,
It is fifty years today since we were wed.
Then the old man's dim eyes
brightened,
And his stern old hear, it lightened,
As he turned to her and
said:
Chorus:
Put on your old grey bonnet
With the blue ribbon on it,
While I hitch
old Dobbin to the shay,
And through the fields of clover,
We'll drive to Dover,
On our
golden wedding day.
I was in the same old bonnet,
With the same blue ribbon on
it,
In the old shay, by his side,
That he drove her up to Dover,
Through the same old
fields of clover
To become his happy bride.
The birds were sweetly singing
And the same
old bells were ringing,
As they passed the quaint old church where they wed,
And that night
when the stars were gleaming,
The old couple lay a-dreaming,
Dreaming of the words he
said:
Chorus:
Put on your old grey bonnet
With the blue ribbon on it,
While I hitch
old Dobbin to the shay,
And through the fields of clover,
We'll drive to Dover,
On our
golden wedding day. |
