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After the ball Lyrics by George J. Gaskin

1893

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee
Begged for a story—"Do, Uncle, please
Why are you single; why live alone?
Have you no babies; have you no home?"
"I had a sweetheart years, years ago;
Where she is now pet, you will soon know
List' to my story, I'll tell it all
I found her faithless, after the ball."
After the ball is over
After the break of morn—
After the dancers' leaving;
After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all;
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball
Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom
Softly the music playing sweet tunes
There came my sweetheart, my love, my own—
"I wish some water; leave me alone."
When I returned dear there stood a man
Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can
Down fell the glass dear, broken, that's all
Just as my heart was after the ball
After the ball is over
After the break of morn—
After the dancers' leaving;
After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all;
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball
Long years have passed child, I've never wed
True to my lost love though she is dead
She tried to tell me, tried to explain;
I would not listen, pleadings were vain
One day a letter came from that man
He was her brother—the letter ran
That's why I'm lonely, no home at all;
I broke her heart dear, after the ball
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George J. Gaskin

George J. Gaskin

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