A song better known (among folkies anyway) by its parodies than by the original. Here's the original. Available at several sites on the Internet.


AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
Words by Edgar Leslie, music by Horatio Nicholls, ©1927.

1. Your eyes once told me a story.
I built my castles on air.
Life soon was dimmed of its glory.
I loved but you ceased to care.

CHORUS: There's nothing left for me,
Of days that used to be,
I live in memory
Among my souvenirs.
Some letters tied with blue,
A photograph or two,
I see a rose from you
Among my souvenirs.
A few more tokens rest
Within my treasure chest,
And though they do their best
To give me consolation,
I count them all apart,
And as the teardrops start,
I find a broken heart
Among my souvenirs.

2. You broke the news to me kindly.
I can’t say you were not fair.
Yet, just because I loved blindly,
I have the burden to bear. CHORUS.


[Recorded by Louis Armstrong, Connie Francis, Marty Robbins, Frank Sinatra, Hank Snow, Art Tatum, Paul Whiteman, and many others.]