Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1910

Comments

A Perfect Day

‘Cello Obligato

Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Chicago: Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1910)

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Lyrics

When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day had brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friend have to part?

Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too;
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For mem’ry has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade,
And we find, at the end of a perfect day,
The soul of a friend we’ve made.

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