American Old Time Song Lyrics: 29 Tell Her I Love Her So
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 29
TELL HER I LOVE HER SO.
Words by F. E. Weatherly, M.A. Music by P. de Faye.
Gleam, gleam, oh, silver stream, seaward gaily swelling;
Flow, flow, whisp'ring low, to your banks my story telling;
Far, far o'er sandy bar lies my little one's dwelling.
Flow, flow merrily, merrily flow;
Tell her I love her so, I love her so.
Greet, greet softly my sweet, by thy spangled margin roaming;
Croon, croon under the moon, in the tender love-tide gloaming;
Greet, greet softly my sweet, tell her I am coming.
Flow, flow merrily, merrily flow;
Tell her I love her so, I love her so.
Say, say, when she's away, life is dark and lonely;
Bright and fair when she is near, for 'tis she is the sunshine only.
Greet, greet softly my sweet; she is my love, mine only;
Flow, flow merrily, merrily flow;
Tell her I love her so, I love her so.