Back Among The Clover And The Bees 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Jan 2009
2009

Darkness slowly gathers
round my western homestead
'neath the shadow of
the ever lasting hills,
and the crickets lonely chirping
in the meadow
makes me sad altho'
my lonely heart it thrills.
For I'm thinking
of the sweetheart of my boyhood
and the evenings
'neath the softly sighing trees,
there I kissed her
and I left her broken hearted,
back among the clover and the bees.

There the robin sings its best
and all nature is at rest
as the perfume
softly floats upon the breeze.
And again I long to be
happy, careless light and free
back among the clover and the bees.

Mother kissed me
as I left the dear old homestead
and I promised that
I'd write her ev'ry day.
And I guarded well
the promise that I gave her,
till they wrote me:
"Boy, your mother died today."
Once again I see her sitting
in the gloaming.
See her white hair
waving gently in the breeze,
and I long to see again
the dear old homestead
back among the clover
and the bees.

There the robin sings its best
and all nature is at rest
as the perfume
softly floats upon the breeze.
And again I long to be
happy, careless light and free
back among the clover and the bees.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Back Among The Clover And The Bees 1902
Music by Charles Avril
Lyrics by C.H.Scoggins
© 1902 by C.H.Scoggibs & Charles Avril
transferred to Tolbert R.Ingram Feb 23 1905
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 14 January 2009 at 11.24
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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