One Little Word is another Carter Family song based on an 1899 song written by Gussie Davis.

ONE LITTLE WORD Carter Family

          The dream of love is over
          Today we said goodbye
          We parted not in anger
          Though tears came in her eyes

          'Twas just as fate decreed, dear
          That we should never wed
          Yet in her heart she loved me
          She married wealth instead

    One little word could've changed my future life
    One little word could've made her my wife
    Too late, too late, now my fondest hopes are dead
    One little word, that word was never said
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          Since schooldays we had been sweethearts
          She was her father's pride
          Her folks lived in a mansion
          Our cottage by its side

          Though years have brought their changes
          The same old love tale told
          She wed to please her parents
          A man of wealth and gold

    One little word could've changed my future life
    One little word could've made her my wife
    Too late, too late, now my fondest hopes are dead
    One little word, that word was never said