(or The Little Rag Doll)
A popular song from 1921.
Words by Darl MacBoyle.
Music by James F. Hanley.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James PItt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Let’s leave all our cares and our troubles behind
Together the stairs of our memory we’ll climb
There’ll be dust, maybe rust, but we’ll just brush away
All the cobwebs of time, all the shadows of gray
That have crept o’er the wonderful past
And will each one discover at last
Refrain:
There’s a little tin soldier or a little rag doll
All forlorn in a corner of the dreams of us all
When they picture sweet faces, echo voices long still
In each heart they find places that no other can fill
Tho’ the soldier is battered, and his paint is all gone
Or the dolly is tattered and her dress is all torn
We will find when we’re older, sweetest memories of all
Are the little tin soldier or the little rag doll
2. We’ve wandered along o’er the path of the years
Though sometimes a song, there has sometimes been tears
When we count the amount of our treasures and joys
We find none will compare to the days with our toys
They are broken and faded their hue
But in dreams they are shiny and new