Show SWEETHEARTS STILL I I Sweethearts then and sweethearts now My ole woman an I hweCeaIt f Though ole TJme hes lined her brow I An u sorter dimmed my eye I riny years nev puesea bence we I Called on Parson Brown I Dixv er ox team wo an gee I I Fifteen mile ter town Now weve got ez fine a farm I Ez anyone round here ABU hev a hearthstbne warm I A a welcome cheer AH us hey good things ter eat Tnree squar meals er day Never grudge er stranger seat From one May to MUy In our barns Is moren one hoss In our pastor cows An our gain is more than loss Ez we both allows Never had no quarl ter count Metsfoe trtlln sputes Bar the rllln cleared the fount Sweetened all lifes fruits When we storted out ez one We went hand in hand An In rain er gloom er sun We neer broke that blind She worked fer me an I ter her To make er sure nougli home noug In time we made one sure yes sir Too sweet ter want ter ramS ram-S we stay here sweethearts e Ez we were In youth Let i me fly we shall not fret Net me ner my ole Ruth Her face is jess ez sweet ter me Ez when her hair wuz brown Her eyes ez full of constancy Ez when we deny ter town I thank God in my doily prayers Fer his mos precious gift A love thet shared my meanest cares A never let me drift A wife so good an sweet an true S swee A to me jess as dear Ez when wuz made one outer two A way back fifty year Hamilton Jay In Jacksonville Flu TimesUnion |