A popular song from 1923.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Little old Paisley Shawl
Long ago, I recall
Grandmother old and gray
Laid you so gently away
I seem to hear again
The words she whispered then
Chorus
“When your true love comes to claim you
Wear this dear, old paisley shawl
With my blessing I bequeath it
May there always be a faithful heart beneath it
Never wear it for another
But the dearest one of all
Leave the mem’ry of your one true love
In your Grandmother’s paisley shawl
- Come from your dream fill’d chest
Nestle upon my breast
Throbbing with love newborn
Pure as the dew of the morn
Beneath your folds tonight
My faithful love I plight
Sung here by Fred Feild: