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Fancy brings a thought to me of a flower so bright and fair,
Grace and beauty, both combine to make that far more rare;
Like a maiden that I know who shared my happy life,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget-me-not."
She's graceful and she's charming like the lilies in the pond,
Time is flowing swiftly by, of her I am so fond;
The roses and the daisies they bloom around the spot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget-me-not."
We met I really don't know where, I guess it's all the same,
Love grows in a village green as well as in a lane;
I gently took her by the hand and a glance at me she shot,
She dropped a flower, I picked it up, it was a sweet forget-me-not.
She's graceful and she's charming like the lilies in the pond,
Time is flowing swiftly by, of her I am so fond;
The roses and the daisies they bloom around the spot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget-me-not."
And then there came a happy time when something that I said,
Caused her lips to murmur "yes", shortly we were wed;
Now there's a cottage by a lane and a tiny garden spot,
There grows a flower, I know it well, it's the sweet forget-me-not.
She's graceful and she's charming like the lilies in the pond,
Time is flowing swiftly by, of her I am so fond;
The roses and the daisies they bloom around the spot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget-me-not."
You'll forget me not."
This variant was sung by Séan McCann of Great Big Sea (The Hard And The Easy, Warner Music Canada, 2005).
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A variant was sung by Vincent Ledwell [1888-1982] of Calvert, NL, and published as The Sweet Forget-Me-Not in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).
A variant of The Sweet Forget-Me-Not was also recorded by Eddie Coffey of Branch, NL, in the 1970s.
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A variant was also recorded as Sweet Forget Me Not by Ryan's Fancy (Dance Around This One ©1981, Boot Records).
See more songs by Ryan's Fancy.
A variant of The Sweet Forget-Me-Not was recorded by A. Frank and Carson Willis (Singers For Fishermen ©1992 SOCAN. All rights reserved.)
See more songs by A. Frank Willis.
And a variant of The Sweet Forget-Me-Not was recorded in 1999 by Ed Power of Grand Falls-Windsor, NL, on the album Kitchen Songs by Mark Bishop of Soundscape Productions in Grand Falls-Windsor.
