No. 4.
Maud Adair and I.
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One year ago were we sixteen,
Maud Adair and I,
With lightsome tread we tript the green,
Maud Adair and I;
But Maud Adair is lying low,
She left poor me three moons ago;
We ne’er shall meet again below,
Maud Adair and I.
_Chorus._--My Maud Adair! Sweet Maud Adair!
We’ll meet again up in the sky,
Maud Adair and I.
One year ago, with hand in hand,
Maud Adair and I,
We roam’d the sunny hill and strand,
Maud Adair and I;
But one sad eve, with tearful eye,
She whisper’d low a last “Good-by,”--
We’ll meet again up in the sky,
Maud Adair and I.
_Chorus._--My Maud Adair, &c.
How happy were we, and how true,
Maud Adair and I,
Like elm and ivy, upward grew
Maud Adair and I;
Oh, be thy spirit ever near
To whisper softly words of cheer!
While God doth guard, what can we fear,
Maud Adair and I?
_Chorus._--My Maud Adair, &c.
6
Don’t You Cry so, Norah, Darling.
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Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Wipe those tears away,
Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Smile on me to-day;
See the wind is freshly blowing,
And the ship longs for the sea,
Be to-day your smiles bestowing
Sweetly, love, on me.
_Chorus._--Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Wipe those tears away;
Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Smile on me to-day.
Though ’tis sad to leave you, darling,
I must no more stay,
Think of me, Norina, darling,
When I’m far away;
And, although to part brings sadness,
Keep your young heart light and free,
Your sweet face adorn with gladness,
Thinking still of me.
Don’t you cry so, &c.
Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Wipe those tears away,
Don’t you cry so, Norah, darling,
Smile on me to-day;
When from work I rest a-weary,
All my thoughts on you will be,
And my life will not seem dreary,
If you’re true to me.
Don’t you cry so, &c.
7
We are Growing Old Together.
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We are growing old together, thou dearest of the dear,
The morning of our life is past, and evening shades appear;
Some friends we loved are in their graves, and many are estranged,
But in sunshine or in shadow, our hearts are never changed.
We are growing old together, thou dearest of the dear,
The morning of our life is past, and evening shades appear.
We are growing old together, the ivy and the tree
A fitting emblem is dear, of the love ’twixt you and me;
To be worthy of each other in the past was all our aim,
And ’tis pleasant now to know, dear, our hearts are still the same.
We are growing old together, thou dearest of the dear,
The morning of our life is past, and evening shades appear.
We are growing old together, together may we die--
Together may our spirits soar to our home beyond the sky;
For we loved as few can love, dear, when life’s flowery paths we
ranged,
And though we’ve wander’d long here, our hearts have never changed.
We are growing old together, thou dearest of the dear,
The morning of our life is past, and evening shades appear.
8
Cottage by the Sea.
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Childhood’s days now pass before me
Forms and scenes of long ago,
Like a dream they hover o’er me,
Calm and bright as evening’s glow,
Days that know no shade of sorrow,
There my young heart pure and free,
Joyful hail’d each coming morrow
In the Cottage by the Sea.