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Thread #5349   Message #30867
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
16-Jun-98 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs by the Carter Family
Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOVER'S RETURN^^, CURTAINS OF NIGHT^^
Here are a couple that I have. One is attributed to AP Carter, and the other was performed by the Carter Family.

The Lover's Return
A.P. Carter

G D7
And so you have come back to me
G
And say the old love's growing yet
C G
You've tried through all these weary years
D7 G
You've tried too vainly to forget.

(Chorus)
Oh no, I cannot take your hand
God never gives us back our youth
The loving heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth.
Come close and let me see your face
Your raven hair is tinged with snow
Oh yes, it is the same dear face
I loved so many years ago.

Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clear.

Curtains of Night
Will S. Hays (Performed by the Carter Family)

A
When the curtains of night
D A
Are pinned back by the stars
E
And the beautiful moon climbs the sky
A A7 D A
And the dewdrops of heaven are kissing the rose
E A
It is then that my memories fly.

As if on the wings of a beautiful dove
In haste with the message it bears
To bring you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you love in my prayers.

(Chorus)
A D A
Go wherever you will over land, over sea
E
I will share all your sorrow and care
A A7
And at night when I kneel
D A
By my bedside and pray
E A
I'll remember you love, in my prayer.

I have loved you too fondly to ever forget
The words you have spoken to me
With a kiss of affection still warm on my lips
When you told me how true you would be.

I know not if fortune be fickle or friend
Or if time on your memory wears
I know that I love you wherever you roam
And remember you, love, in my prayers.

When angels in heaven are guarding the good
As God has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers I have offered to Him
I know there is one watching you.

And may its bright spirit go with you through life
To guide you up heaven’s bright stairs
To meet with the one who has loved you so true
And remembered you, love, in her prayers.

More later.