A 1899 popular song
words by Howard Graham
music by Chas. Graham
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Down in the meadows
When daylight was breaking
In May, sweet May
Came a fair vision
My heart’s love a-waking
That bright Spring day
Tho’ modest and shy she was
On our first greeting
We friendly grew
At last came the day when I said
With heart beating
“I love but you”
Chorus
“Sweet Suzanne
I’ll be your young man
They’ve never made your equal
Since the world began
Won’t you take my name?
For my heart’s a-flame
With love for you, my pretty Sue
My Sweet Suzanne”
- Years have gone by
And we’re over our dreaming
Of long ago
Still in her bright eyes
The soft light is beaming
She loves me so
Tho’ life, for us both
Has been sun-shiny weather
One long, sweet May
When twilight is falling
And we are together
I softly say
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: