Thanks, Joan! Dad enjoyed the posting from the other forum and says the date sounds just about right. He has also remembered the words:-), so here they are, with a tune to follow when I have the time. Now that I can record over the telephone it's so neat to call him up and have him sing one of these old songs so I can get the tune right!

AN OLD GUITAR AND AN OLD REFRAIN

An old guitar and an old refrain
An evening star and a winding lane
A shawl of lace that hid your face awhile
Until I played the song that won your smile.

A red, red rose you threw to me
Still lives and grows in my memory
Our castles gay have gone away
But these remain: an old guitar and an old refrain.