American Old Time Song Lyrics: 26 The Arrow And The Song

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 26

THE ARROW AND THE SONG.
Copyright, 1883, by Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Words by H. W. Longfellow. Music by C. B. Hawley.

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I know not where, I know not where;
For so swiftly it flew, so swiftly it flew,
The sight could not follow in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I know not where, I know not where;
For who has sight so keen and so strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak,
I found the arrow, I found the arrow still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.