(By a Waterfall)
A popular song from 1925
Words by B. G. De Sylva
Music by James F. Hanley
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When you’ve wandered alone on the highways
With the wind and the resin in your hair
When your wisdom you’ve bought
As you struggled for naught
Toward the rainbow that vanished in air
Then a weariness comes and a longing
For a shelter and comfort apart
And you smile on the past
That has shown you at last
The desire that is deep in your heart
Refrain
Just a cottage small by a waterfall
At the closing of the day
With someone to wait by a garden gate
Who will charm your troubles away
Be it humble and all tumble down
If there’s love to welcome you
Just a cottage small by a waterfall
Is a place where dreams come true
- It’s a joy to be eager and youthful
With a courage that never is spent
Oh, it’s youth that will long
For the road and a song
And it’s youth that is never content
So we answer the call of ambition
For in power we feel there is bliss
Though our victory is won
When it’s all said and done
There is nothing so precious this
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: