How Hearts Are Broken 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Oct 2006
2006

A maiden in the moonlight stands
a lover's bending o'er
her fair young form:
he holds her hands
and swears that ever more
he'll worship her,
and some day she
shall be his own, his bride.
But soon he's gone,
she's left forelorn
forsaken, cast aside.

That's how hearts are broken,
that's how lives are crossed;
futures bright wrecked in a night,
both soul and body lost!
That's how hearts are broken
ah, the cruel pain;
for once the heart is rent apart
it ne'er will mend again!

A young girl by the fireside sits
a babe is slumb'ring nigh.
Her fond heart bleeds,
as swift she reads
a note with tearstained eye;
"I've gone with Nell,
goodbye, farewell!
Don't grieve for me, or fret;
just think of Ned,
as one who's dead
forgive, dear, and forget!"

That's how hearts are broken,
that's how lives are crossed;
futures bright wrecked in a night,
both soul and body lost!
That's how hearts are broken
ah, the cruel pain;
for once the heart is rent apart
it ne'er will mend again!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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How Hearts Are Broken 1906
Music by Aubrey Mittenthal
Lyrics by Chas. Noel Douglas
© MCMVI by Aubrey Mittenthal
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 12.51am
in association with Doug Grierson
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