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You ask me why I look so sad on this bright summer's day,
Or why the tears are in my eyes and I seem so far away;
Well, sit yourself beside me, love, and put your hand in mine,
And I'll tell you of someone I loved long, long before your time.
And I'm sitting here and thinking of those days so long ago,
When I was just a child like you and a girl I used to know;
Through fields of green we laughed and played and sang our merry rhymes,
Oh, summer days were warmer then, long, long before your time.
Through childhood years our love did bloom till our hearts were just as one,
And we promised each eternal love in the church below the town;
And we settled in this little house, I was proud to call her mine,
Oh, we were young and happy then, long, long before your time.
One lovely year was all we had before the sickness came,
And stole the roses from her cheeks, and my tears they fell like rain;
For nine long months she carried you but in the end she died,
She chose to go that you might live, long, long before your time.
So, you ask me why I look so sad on this bright summer's day,
Or why the tears are in my eyes, and I seem so far away;
It's just you seem a lot like her, when your eyes look into mine,
And you smile so much like she did, long, long before your time.
Yes, you smile so much like she did, long, long before your time.
See more songs by Johnny McEvoy.
This variant arranged and recorded by The Masterless Men (Back On Track, Landwash Distribution Company Ltd., 2000).
See more songs by The Masterless Men.
The YouTube video above features an excellent cover performance by Ed Mulrooney of Grand Falls-Windsor, NL.
