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Long ago, long ago, / When the hawthorn buds were pearly / And the birds sang, late and early, / All the songs that lovers know, / How we lingered in the lane, / Kissed and parted, kissed again, / Parted, laggard foot and slow! / What a pretty world we knew / Dressed in moonlight, dreams and dew, / Long ago, my first sweet sweetheart, / Long ago!
Long ago, long ago, / When the wind was on the river / Where the lights and shadows shiver, / And the streets were all aglow.
In the gaudy gas-lit street / We two parted, sweet, my sweet, / And the crowd went to and fro, / And your veil was wet with tears / For the inevitable years -- / Long ago, my last sweet sweetheart, / Long ago!