New York’s latest hit, 1899
Words and music by Gussie L. Davis
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Benjamin R. Tubb:
Lyrics
- Its just one little year, Norine
One little year today
Since we strolled hand in hand to church
Where bells were ringing gay
The same gay crowd that gathered there
And heard our wedding bell
Ere twelve months passed were there in tears
Brought by your fun’ral knell
They were plain country folks, Norine
And friends of yours and mine
Both services, love, were performed
By that same old divine
Friends strove in vain, me to console
But none can fill your place
Never will find happiness
Till we meet face to face
Chorus:
Sweet Norine, my love grows stronger
Tho’ your voice is silenced now forever here
Life holds it’s charms for me no longer
Time’s wrought a change, in just one little year
- In just one little year, Norine
In just one little year
Our wedding past, the baby came
It’s died since you were here
I missed you but our baby boy
Missed you much more it seems
And left this world to search for you
In that bright land of dreams
I laid him by your side, Norine
And there’s a place for me
That when the judgement day rolls round
Together we may be
Somewhere, some sweet day
We will meet in realms beyond the sky
For love like ours, my darling wife
Can never, never die
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: