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Thread #25854   Message #2862775
Posted By: Jim Dixon
12-Mar-10 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Don't You Remember the Time?
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?
From the sheet music at Indiana University: (Click for the PDF file.)


DON'T YOU REMEMBER THE TIME?
Words and music by W. R. Williams*
Chicago: Will Rossiter, copyright 1919.

1. Just down the lane, over the stile,
Under the old oak tree,
There by the stream, we'd plan and dream,
Wonderful things to be.
I used to call you sweetheart of mine,
Don't you remember the time?

CHORUS: When the shadows fall, and the stars begin to peep,
When the little birds, and the flowers fall asleep,
Memory brings back a picture complete,
Dear little girlie of mine.
When the silver moon was a-smiling from above,
I was smiling too, on my only turtle dove,
We were contented for we were in love,
Don't you remember the time?

2. Those were the days, just made for us,
Back in the old home town,
Laughter and song, all the day long,
Nobody wore a frown.
We were so happy, sweetheart of mine,
Don't you remember the time?


[* Attribution from the sheet music. However, the University's catalog lists Will Rossiter as the songwriter. Maybe Williams is a pseudonym for Rossiter?]