A popular ballad from 1915
Words by Ballard MacDonald
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- Sure the sky it is gray, and the sun it is cold
And this life has no charm as it used to of old
For it took all the joy out of livin’, my love
When the angels called you up to Heaven above
Oh! my
Refrain:
Darlin’, as the time grows nearer
When your sweet and smilin’ face
Again I’ll see, Oh! my darlin’
Each day brings the vision clearer
And it won’t be long
Before I am with you, my darlin’
- Tho’ my back it is bent, and my hair it is gray
Yet my heart is as warm as it was on the day
When we promised each other that faithful we’d be
And my darlin’ I know that you’re waiting for me
Oh! my