Traditional Folk Music - songs & tunes popular in the 60's folk revival
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Silver Threads Among The Gold |
TML # 009389 |
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| "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." The singer describes how (his) love will grow old, but he will love her anyway Jackson notes, "The fashionable message of the song -- that romantic love remains always young even though bodies wrinkle and age -- was apparently lost on Danks's wife; she left the forty-year-old composer the year after 'Silver Threads' appeared." This was the only song by Rexford (1848-1916) that amounted to anything, but it by itself was enough to cause monuments to be erected to him in both his birthplace in New York and his primary place of residence in Wisconsin. Danks (1834-1903) spent much of his life trying to make a career of music; he composed several other melodies and several stage pieces -- but, again, none of them amounted to anything. - RBW |
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, will be, Always young and fair to me, Yes, my darling, you will be, Always young and fair to me. cho: Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold, Shine upon my brow today, ; Life is fading fast away. 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, alone, You have never older grown, Yes, my darling, mine alone, You have never older grown. |
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. 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, You have never older grown. |
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