Would I Were A Boy Again - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Would I Were a Boy Again. 
Oh! would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years. And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears; When ev'ry tale hope whispered then, My fancy deemed was only truth-Oh! would that I could know again The happy visions of my youth. 
Chorus. Oh! would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years, And all the heart then knew of pain Was wept away in transient tears. 
'Tis vain to mourn that years have flown, How false these fairy visions were, Or murmur that mine eyes have known The burden of a fleeting tear; But still the heart will fondly cling To hopes no longer prized as truth, And mem'ry will delight to bring The happy visions of my youth.-Chorus.