Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_bing-crosby-ken-darby-choir-h.-p.-danks-eban-e.-rexfo_gbia0004764b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_bing-crosby-with-ken-darby-choir-h-p-danks-eden-e_gbia0019229b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_charles-adams-danks_gbia0004843b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_connie-boswell-with-the-lyn-murray-singers-hart-p-da_gbia0025657a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_craig-campbell-danks_gbia0010583a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_crescent-trio-eben-e.-rexford-h.-p.-danks_gbia0010601a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_danks-henry-burr_gbia0000298a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_douglas-stanbury-rexford-danks_gbia0037911a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_edward-durant-eben-n.-rexford-h.-p.-danks_gbia0006590a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_edward-durant-even-n.-rexford-h.-p.-danks_gbia0011573a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_elise-baker-rexford-danks_gbia0016222a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_elizabeth-spencer-h-p-danks_gbia0023319b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_evelyn-and-her-magic-violin-and-choir-phil-spitalny-a_gbia0008997b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_ferdinand-himmelreich-danks-himmelreich_gbia0013571a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_frank-coombs-h.-p.-danks_gbia0012312a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_henry-burr-and-peerless-quartet-eben-e.-rexford-h.-p._gbia0009356b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_henry-burr-eben-e-rexford-h-p-danks-peerless-quart_gbia0016014a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_henry-burr-h.-p.-danks_gbia0012296a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_john-mccormack-eben-rexford-h-p-danks_gbia0033995a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_john-mccormack-rexford-danks_gbia0019958a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_john-mccormack-rexford-danks-victor-orchestra_gbia0019959a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_maud-powell-george-falkenstein-h-p-danks_gbia0035907b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_maud-powell-h-p-danks-george-falkenstein_gbia0016605a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_neapolitan-trio-rexford-danks_gbia0033961a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_richard-jose_gbia0014764a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_taylor-trio-h-p-danks_gbia0037567b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_the-artist-ensemble-danks_gbia0008933b
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_walter-hammond-danks_gbia0013679a
https://archive.org/details/78_silver-threads-among-the-gold_will-oakland-danks_gbia0017584a
Publication Date
1901
Lyrics
VERSE 1
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away;
But, my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me,
Yes! my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.
CHORUS
Darling, I am growing old.
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away.
VERSE 2
When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright,
With the roses of the May,
I will kiss your lips, and say
Oh! My darling, mine alone
You have never older grown,
Yes! my darling, mine alone,
You have never older grown!
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold;
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know,
Never, never winter’s frost and chill;
Summer warmth is in them still
Never winter’s frost and chill,
Summer warmth is in them still.
CHORUS
VERSE 4
Love is always young and fair,
What to us is silver hair;
Faded cheeks, or steps grown slow,
To the heart that beats below?
Since I kissed you mine alone, alone.
You have never older grown
Since I kissed you mine alone,
Your have never older grown.
CHORUS
Recommended Citation
Danks, H. P. and Rexford, Eben E., "Silver Threads Among the Gold" (1901). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1680.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1680
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Words by Eben E. Rexford. Music by H.P. Danks.
Hamilton S. Gordon 1241 Broadway New York
Copyright 1901 by H.P. Danks
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