American Old Time Song Lyrics: 22 Gently Down The Stream Of Time

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 22

Gently Down the Stream of Time.
Copyright, 1869, by J. S. White & Co.
Words and Music by Maj. J. Papton.

Gently down the stream of time
Floats our bark towards the sea;
Sweetly peals the evening chime,
Hear it echo wild and free.
Friends have gone, ties have been broken,
Fears and doubts and hopes sublime;
Careless words, tho' idly spoken,
Lie sleeping 'neath the sea of time,
Careless words, tho' idly spoken,
Lie sleeping 'neath the sea of time.

Chorus.
Gently down the stream of time
Floats our bark towards the sea;
Sweetly peals the evening chime,
Hear its echo wild and free.

Yonder on the golden shore
Forms unseen are chanting low;
Strains we loved in days of yore,
Memories of long ago.
Voices are now hushed forever.
Tears and flowers strew their graves;
And this mighty rushing river
Buries all beneath its wave;
And this mighty rushing river
Buries all beneath its wave.-Chorus.