American Old Time Song Lyrics: 06 A Smile Was All She Gave Me
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 6
A Smile Was All She Gave Me.
Not long ago I was the beau
Of a pretty girl, named Mary,
With a form so neat, a smile so sweet,
And a step just like a fairy.
We courted long, my love was strong,
How I wish that she would have me,
But when I did the question pop,
A smile was all she gave me.
Chorus.
Yet she was so fair, I do declare,
How I wished that she would have me,
But when I did the question pop,
A smile was all she gave me.
I sent her notes, I sent her flowers,
I took her out a-riding,
How quick time flies when love and sighs
Are with the hours gliding.
A rival was my only fear,
And I couldn't think to save me,
That when I asked her who he was
A smile was all she gave me.-Chorus.
At last a note I got one day.
And dreadful news it carried,
Inviting me to come And see
Herself and rival married;
Now off I went, on death was bent,
Resolved that none should save me.
But I'm not dead, though she got wed,
And a smile was all she gave me. - Chorus.