a touching 1922 ballad sung by a widower
words by Richard W. Pascoe
music by Luella Lockwood Moore, Will E. Dulmage
This song has a section near the end that references the song “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms”.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- When all the world seems so merry and bright
I’m dreaming of days past recall
Wond’ring if someone can see me tonight
As the tears from my eyes gently fall
All I have, all I hold, are just dreams to unfold
In each line of those letters of old
Chorus
Faded old love letters
They mean the world to me
Each night I read them over
They are my rosary
My little Pal I’ve lost you
But like a star you shine
Though your dear hands are still
In my heart there’s a thrill
For those faded love letters of mine
(…From that old pal of mine)
- A garden had I with one little rose
Just one little rose of my heart
One day they took her, and nobody knows
What it meant when we two came to part
All I have to adore, all I have to live for
Are love letters I read o’er and o’er
Sung here by Fred Feild: