Green Grow the Lilacs
Album: How the West Was Won
Original Web Site: Tunes in Time: Old Standards
URL: http://freepages.music.rootsweb.com/~edgmon/stlilac.htm
Words by (Lyricist): Unknown
Music by (Composer): Unknown
Additional notes: Traditional music, popular in U.S. Civil War
Green grow the lilacs all sparkling with dew
I'm lonely my darling since parting with you
But by our next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue.
I had a sweetheart but now I have none
Since she's gone and left me, I care not for one
Since she's gone and left me, contented I'll be
For she loves another one better than me.
I wrote love letters in rosy red lines
She sent me an answer all twisted in twines
Saying, Keep your love letters and I will keep mine
Just you write to your love and I'll write to mine!