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Thread #3216   Message #15690
Posted By: rich r
03-Nov-97 - 10:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Long, Long Ago (Thomas Haynes Bayly)
Subject: RE: Lyric Add: Long, Long Ago
Good song. I used to play it on the piano and it was the first song I learned on the harmonica back in the late 50's, long long ago. My dad's 1928 copy of "Rodeheaver's Socialbility Songs For Community - School - Home" has a third verse.

Tho' by your kindness my fond hopes were rais'd, long long ago, long long ago/ You by more eloquent lips have been prais'd, long long ago , long ago/ But by long absence your truth has been tried,/ Still to your accents I listen with pride,/ Blest as I was when I sat by your side, long long ago, long ago.

rich r