Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Youth of the Heart 
Youth of the Heart 
When I was a young man and courted my darling When will we marry my darling did say But I was a young man and I told my darling Love that is true love will not fade away 
For the youth of the heart is as the dew of the morning You'll wake and it's left you without any warning 
I went to the city to work for my darling I worked all the day and I slept all alone Those sweet silver dollars I saved for my darling To cloth her in satin and to make her my own 
Then I came back home with my pockets a jingling The church bells were ringing as I walked down the street Oh where is that young girl I promised to marry I asked the first person I happened to meet 
Oh that girl has grown weary of keeping her kisses And of knowing a song that can never be sung This morning your darling has married another A penniless wise man, with a heart that is young 
Oh those sweet silver dollars I've counted them plenty But it's many times over I've mourned my sad fate If you would know kisses of dew and of morning Don't wait until noon or you'll find it's too late 
For the youth of the heart is as the dew of the morning You'll wake and it's left you without any warning 
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