Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1849
Lyrics
Oft I feel a secret power,
Draw from my breast a burning, sigh,
That life no pleasure has for me,
Its hopes excite and yet annoy ;
My bosom is a troubled sea
That sweeps from earth all trace of joy.
No sunshine gleam to cheer my way,
No star to light my darken'd track,
While phantoms in my pathway stray,
to frighten coming pleasure back;
years thus pass with measur'd tread,
No children greet my home;
The friends of youth alas are dead,
And I am left yo mourn alone.
No parents live to need my care,
No brother's voice to join my own,
No sister dear my home to share,
For I'm alone all all alone;
I seek those joys which seem so fair,
And for them o'er the world I roam;
But still I find no matter where
I am alone all all alone.
I look around when all are gay,
And happy hearts beat near my own;
But trinkling tears force me away
To where alone all all alone;
Oh! let me die, I cannot stay!
My hopes are fading one by one;
No morning sun illumes my day;
For I'm alone yes all alone.
Recommended Citation
Baker, John C., "Sad and Alone" (1849). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 825.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/825
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Music of the baker family
composed and arranged by John C. Baker
Sung with great applause at their concerts throughout the Union.
Sad and Alone.
Boston: published by Oliver Ditson. 115 Washington St.
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