Friend O' Mine - 1913

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 22 Jan 2002

When you are happy, friend o' mine
And all your skies are blue,
Tell me your luck, your fortune fine,
And let me laugh with you.
Tell me the hopes that spur you on,
The deeds you mean to do,
The gold you've struck,
the fame you've won,
And let me joy with you!

When you are sad and heart acold,
And all your skies are dark,
Tell me the dreams that mock'd your hold,
The shafts that miss'd the mark.
Am I not yours for weal or woe?
How else can friends prove true?
Tell me what breaks and brings you low,
And let me stand with you!

So when the night falls tremulous,
When the last lamp burns low,
And one of us or both of us
The long, lone road must go,
Look with your dear old eyes in mine,
Give me a handshake true;
Whatever fate our souls await,
Let me be there, let me be there,
There with you!

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Friend O' Mine 1913
Music by Wilfrid Sanderson
Lyric by Fred E. Weatherly
copyright 1913 Boosey and Co.
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Tuesday 22 Jan 2002 at 08.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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