PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
141 - Love’s Old Sweet Song
(HUMMING over the melody of:) Tho' the heart be wea-ry, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twi-light comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet ---- song. -----
Verse 1
(Pronounce ‘WANTS’) Once in the dear dead days be-yond re-call,
When on the world the mists be-gan to fall,
Out of the dreams that rose in hap-py throng
Low to our hearts Love sung an old sweet song;
And in the dusk where fell the fire-light gleam,
Soft-ly it wove it-self in-to our dream.
Chorus
(Refrain) Just a song at twi-light, When the lights are low,
And the flick-'ring shad-ows soft-ly come and go,
Tho' the heart be wea-ry, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twi-light comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet ---- song. -----
Verse 2
E-ven to-day we hear Love's song of yore,
Deep in our hearts it dwells for-ev-er more,
Foot-steps may fal-ter, wea-ry grow the way,
Still we can hear it at the close of day;
So till the end, when life's dim shad-ows fall,
Love will be found the sweet-est song of all.
Chorus
Just a song at twi-light, When the lights are low,
And the flick-'ring shad-ows soft-ly come and go,
Tho' the heart be wea-ry, sad the day and long,
Still to us at twi-light comes Love's old song,
comes Love's old sweet ---- song. -----
A Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by Composer James Lynam Malloy & Lyricist G. Clifton Bingham