From the musical “Terence”, 1903
Words and music by Chauncey Olcott
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Long, long years ago I loved a fair maid
A girl I used to know
With soft sunny hair, a face bright and fair
This girl I used to know
We were engaged to marry
In fact the day was set
A look of love beamed from her eyes
I seem to see her yet
Refrain:
She was my first love, when but a boy
She loved me so tenderly
It filled my heart with joy
Ah, then we parted in the twilight’s glow
This dear little girl of mine I used to know
- Ah, you who have loved
As I loved this girl
Can pity my sad plight
Her father I asked
While her hand I clasped
My courage had taken flight
She was six and I was eight
Our goodbyes soft and low
Were whispered as I parted
With this girl I used to know
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: