Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1911
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The vaults of time are deep, dear!
But mem’ry holds to view,
One hour of hallowed sweetness,
The hour that gave me you!
[Refrain]
Olden, Golden, glorious hour,
The hour that gave me you!
Love-lit eyes that drooped, when I kiss’d you,
The first your sweet lips knew, stars were shining,
And all the world was hushed in the charm
That lingers all life through!
Sweetest flow’r, in mem’ry’s bow’r,
The hour that gave me you.
[Verse 2]
The future lies before us,
Yet all it holds, I’d give,
Within that hour of rapture,
To always love and live!
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Dempsey, James E. and Schmid, Johann C., "Hour That Gave Me You, The" (1911). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1382.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1382
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
MacIntosh Collection
New York ; Detroit : Jerome H. Remick & Co., c1911.
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