The Girl I Used To Know 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 July 2010
2010

Long, long years ago
I loved a fair maid,
A girl I used to know
With soft sunny hair,
A face bright and fair,
This girl I used to know.
We were engaged to marry,
In fact the day was set,
A look of love
bloomed from her eyes,
I seem to see her yet.

She was my first love
When but a boy
She loved me so tenderly
It filled my heart with joy
Ah, then we parted
in the twilight's glow;
This dear little girl of mine
I used to know.

She was my first love
When but a boy
She loved me so tenderly
It filled my heart with joy
Ah, then we parted
in the twilight's glow;
This dear little girl of mine
I used to know.

Ah, you who have loved
As I loved this girl,
Can pity my sad plight,
Her father I asked,
While her hand I clasped,
My courage had taken flight.
She was six and I was eight,
Our goodbyes soft and low
were whispered as I parted
With this girl I used to know.

She was my first love
When but a boy
She loved me so tenderly
It filled my heart with joy
Ah, then we parted
in the twilight's glow;
This dear little girl of mine
I used to know.

She was my first love
When but a boy
She loved me so tenderly
It filled my heart with joy
Ah, then we parted
in the twilight's glow;
This dear little girl of mine
I used to know.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Girl I Used To Know 1903
dedicated to Imogene Washburn
by Chauncey Olcott
© MCMIII by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 23 July 2010 at 22.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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