Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1833
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm sometimes sad, but know not why,
And weep at evening hour;
Then gentlest murmurs whisper by,
And stillness wakes her power.
I'm sometimes sad when Cynthia's beams
The fountains silver o'er;
I wander then among the elms,
Where shadows hide my tear,
Where shadows hide my tear.
[Verse 2]
I'm sometimes sad, when friends that were,
My sorrows wake anew;
They once were here but now they are
Where weeping willows grow!
I'm sometimes sad, when friends that be,
Excite the tender sigh;
For soon a long adieu, they'll say!
And so must I, must I
And so must I, must I.
[Verse 3]
I'm sometimes sad among the crowd,
And in the circle glee;
And often when the laugh is loud,
I go to bend the knee.
I'm sometimes sad, and think I've none
To shed a tear with me!
And who for Welwyneer will mourn,
When 'neath the pendant tree?
When 'neath the pendant tree?
[Verse 4]
Sad world! where is thy soothing pow'r,
At morn, or vesper mild?
Or where when noontide tells the hour,
The charm for sorrows child?
Tho' sad I roam, tho' drop the tear
'Mid light, or shadows gloom,
Ere long I'll lay me silent there,
Low in the peaceful Tomb,
Low in the peaceful Tomb.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Rev. Fitch W. and Iucho, Wilhelm, "I'm sometimes sad, but know not why" (1833). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 196.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/196
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
I'm sometimes sad, but know not why
the words Written by the
Reverend Fitch W. Taylor.
Composed & Dedicated to Miss Eugenia Le Roy.
By Wilhelm Iucho.
New York: Published by E. Riley, 29 Chatham Street
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