Show OLD TIMES TI M ES OLD FRIENDS FRI EN CS OLD LOVE TherO Ther are no days like the tile good old days The he dayS day da when wh n we e Were youthful When humankind were pure of at mind And speech and deeds were truthful Before a love loc for sordid sor id gold Became mans ruling passion And before each dame and maid became be ae Slave Slave to the tyrant Fashion There are no girls like the good old girls Against the Id Id stake em emAs emAs emAs As buxom bux i and smart and clean clenn of heart As Aa the Lord knew how to make em They were rich In spirit and common commonsense commonsense sense sens And piety let r all al supporting They could bake and brew and had taught school too And they made such likely courtin There are arE no boys bO 8 like the good old boys bors When hel We tte were vera wre boys together When the grass was sweet to the brown bare bae feet That dimpled the laughing la heather When the th pewee sang to the summer dawn Of the bee In the billowy clover Or down by the mill mm the whippoorwill Echoed Echoe his night song over oer There Ther is no love like the good old love The he love that mother gave us us We W are ar old old men yet we pine again agall For that precious grace God save us So we dream and and dream of the good old times And our hearts grow fonder gOW As those dear old dreams bring brIng soothing gleams Of Heaven leov n away off ff yonder Eugene Field |