WHERE ARE THE FRIENDS OF MY YOUTH
LtCol. Addison / George Barker

Where are the friends of my youth
Say where are those cherished ones gone?
And why have they dropped with the leaf?
And why have they left me to mourn?
Their voices still sound in mine ear
Their features I see in my dreams
And the world is a wilderness drear
As a wide spreading desert it seems

CHORUS:
Ah, where are the friends of my youth
Ah, where are the cherished ones gone
And why have they dropped with the leaf
Ah, why have they left me to mourn

Say can I ever again
Such ties can I ever renew?
Or feel those warm pulses again
Which beat for the dear ones I knew
The world as a winter is cold
Each charm seems to vanish away
My heart now is blighted and old
It shares all in nature's decay
(chorus)

Song given to Louise King Spencer in England on Dec. 3, 1852. Was later given to Wm. H. Foster and it became a favourite pioneer song