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8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

ON THE OLD FARM HOUSE VE-RAN-DA
THERE SAT SI-LAS AND MI-RAN-DA,
THINK-ING OF THE DAYS GONE BY.
SAID HE "DEAR-IE DON'T BE WEA-RY,
YOU WERE AL-WAYS BRIGHT AND CHEER-Y,
BUT A TEAR, DEAR, DIMS YOUR EYE."
SAID SHE "THEY'RE TEARS OF GLAD-NESS
SI-LAS THEY'RE NOT TEARS OF SAD-NESS,
IT IS FIF-TY YEARS TO-DAY SINCE WE WERE WED."
THEN THE OLD MAN'S DIM EYES BRIGHT-EN'D,
AND HIS STERN OLD HEART IT LIGH-EN'D,
AS HE TURN'D TO HER AND SAID;

Verse 2

IT WAS IN THE SAME OLD BON-NET
WITH THE SAME BLUE BIB-BON ON IT,
IN THE OLD SHAY, BY HIS SIDE.
THAT HE DROVE HER UP TO DO-VER
THRO' THE SAME OLD FIELDS OF CLO-VER,
TO BE-COME HIS HAP-PY BRIDE.
THE BIRDS WERE SWEET-LY SING-ING
AND THE SAME OLD BELLS WERE RING-ING,
AS THEY PASS'D THE QUAINT OLD CHURCH WHERE THEY WERE WED.
AND THAT NIGHT WHEN STARS WERE GLEAM-ING,
THE OLD COU-PLE LAY A DREAM-ING
DREAM-ING OF THE WORDS HE SAID;

Chorus

PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BON-NET WITH THE BLUE RIB-BON ON IT,
WHILE I HITCH OLD DOB-BIN TO THE SHAY,
AND THROUGH THE FIELDS OF CLO-VER, WE'LL DRIVE UP TO DO-VER
ON OUR GOLD-EN WED-DING DAY