| Lyrics: | verse
When first I saw the lovelight in your eye,
And heard thy voice, like sweetest
melody,
Speak words of love to my enraptur'd soul,
The world held naught but joy in
store for me.
E'en though we're drifting down life's stream apart,
Your face I still can
see in dream's domain;
I know that it would ease my breaking heart
To hold you in my
arms just once again.
chorus
I love you as I never loved before
Since first I
saw you on the village green,
Come to me, or my dream of love is o'er,
I love you as I
loved you
When you were sweet,
When you were sweet sixteen.
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Words and
music by James Thornton
Originally published 1898, copyright imprint 1899.
Now in public
domain |
