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184. Love's Old Sweet Song

1 Once in the dear dead days beyond recall
When on the world the mists began to fall,
Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng,
Low to our hearts love sang an old sweet song;
And in the dusk, where fell the twilight gleam,
Softly it wove itself into our dream.

Chorus:
Just a song at twilight, When the lights are low,
And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go;
Tho' the heart be weary, Sad the day and long,
Still to us at twilight, Comes love's old song,
Comes love's old sweet song.

2 Even today we hear love's song of yore,
Deep in our hearts it dwells for evermore;
Footsteps may falter, weary grow the way,
Still we can hear it at the close of day;
So to the end, when life's dim shadows fall,
Love will be found the sweetest song of all. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Once in the dear, dead days beyond recall
Title: Love's Old Sweet Song
Author: G. C. Bingham
Language: English
Publication Date: 1914
Topic: Favorite Part-Songs and Choruses
Tune Information
Name: [Once in the dear, dead days beyond recall]
Composer: J. L. Molloy
Key: A♭ Major



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