A 1903 popular song.
Words by C. H. Scoggins.
Music by Charles Avril.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment found at Halcyon Days Music:
Lyrics
- Twilight shadows come and go
In the evening’s sunset glow
And the birds are singing goodnight in the dell
And I hear the robin trill
In its nest beneath the hill
Singing melodies my sad heart knows so well
While I listen in the glow
Of pale moon rising slow
I hear a voice of one I long best
Tho’ she left me long before
Yet I see her as of yore
The girl I loved out in the golden west
Chorus
Once again I feel the spell
But no words of mine can tell
I can see her grave beneath the mountain crest
And I’m keeping green the place
Where tonight I see the face
Of the girl I loved out in the golden west
- Just like children running wild
For no care our world defiled
And our laughter echoed load among the hills
And we rambled in the dell
Near the spot I loved so well
When I think of her my heart with sadness fills
For one day down by the brook
‘Neath a cool and shady nook
She laid her golden head upon my breast
It was there her first sweet kiss
Filled my raptured soul with bliss
The girl I loved out in the golden west