Romantic love remains always young, 1873
words by Eben Eugene Rexford
music by Hart Pease Danks
This sentimental ballad was written by Rexford as a poem for his wife. Victorian, poetic, parlor music.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Werner Tomachewski:
Lyrics
- Darling, I am growing old
Silver threads among the gold
Shine upon my brow today
Life is fading fast away
But my darling, you will be, will be
Always young and fair to me
Yes! my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me
Chorus
Darling, I am growing, growing old
Silver threads among the gold
Shine upon my brow today
Life is fading fast away
- When your hair is silver white
And your cheeks no longer bright
With the roses of the May
I will kiss your lips and say
Oh! my darling, mine alone, alone
You have never older grown
Yes! my darling, mine alone
You have never older grown - Love can never more grow old
Locks may lose their brown and gold
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow
But the hearts that love will know
Never, never winter’s frost and chill
Summer warmth is in them still
Never winter’s frost and chill
Summer warmth is in them still - Love is always young and fair
What to us is silver hair
Faded cheeks, or steps grown slow
To the heart that beats below?
Since I kissed you mine alone, alone
You have never older grown
Since I kissed you mine alone
You have never older grown
Sung here by Fred Feild: