Susanne (skw) - Well, having just shamefacedly gathered from the Mudcat Newcomer's Guide that people should go ahead & post the damn lyrics requested instead of fuh-tootsing around about it (as me sainted mother used to say, God rest her); and having searched the DT without results for "The Parting Song", which is apparently an alternate title for "Journey's End" --- here it is, as lifted from www.makem.com (forgive me Tommy)(and I hope I can this line-break business right!) If this is it, great; if not, hopefully you & others may enjoy it anyway. I recently nominated it in the "Saddest Songs Part II" thread herein. --Joe in Connecticut (again)

THE PARTING SONG (Journey's End)

The fire is out, the moon is down
The parting glass is dry and done
And I must go and leave this town
Before the rising of the sun
And long's the road and far's the mile
Before I rest my soul again
With girls that weep and girls that smile
And all the words and ways of men

For some there are, who may not bide
But wander to the journey's end
Nor take a girl to be a bride
Nor keep a man to be a friend
And when I'm done with wandering
I'll sit beside the road and weep
For all the songs I did not sing
And promises I did not keep

- words and music by J.B. Goodenough