A 1910 popular song.
Words by C. H. Scoggins.
Music by Charles Avril.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- The twilight softly gathers
‘Round my home among the hills
And all nature soon will settle down to rest
While I sit and sadly ponder
And my heart with longing fills
As I often think of one that I loved best
We were wedded in the June-time
And our hearts then knew no pain
Fair nature seemed to smile on us that day
Now she sleeps beneath the lilacs
And she’ll ne’er come back again
Where the silv’ry Colorado wends its way
Refrain
There’s a sob on ev’ry breeze
And a sigh comes from the trees
And the meadowlark now croons a sadder day
For the sunlight plays no more
‘Round my cheerless cabin door
Where the silv’ry Colorado wends its way
- The silv’ry snow is gleaming
On yon distant mountain side
Where we often used to wander, Nell and I
And the birds are gaily singing
In the valley far below
Where I long some day to lay me down and die
Then our lives were gay and happy
In the shadow of the hills
My heart beat fonder for her day by day
And I fell her presence near me
As I sit alone tonight
Where the silv’ry Colorado wends its way