If any of them, as they pass her by, kindly warn her of coming snow or rain,
She only says, with a faint sad smile—
"He promised to come on the evening train."
She only says, with a faint sad smile—
"He promised to come on the evening train."
When the lights are extinguished, the crowd dispersed, wearily she will walk away
Only to come to her lonely post with a feebler step next day;
Whom is she looking for? you ask.
Perhaps it is not worth the telling o'er
The same old story I know you've heard many a time before.
Only to come to her lonely post with a feebler step next day;
Whom is she looking for? you ask.
Perhaps it is not worth the telling o'er
The same old story I know you've heard many a time before.
He was her sailor lover and she, courted by many, young and fair
With rosy cheeks and graceful form and sunshiny golden hair;
She stood that day where she's standing now, watching the train till it passed from view,
Never doubting but he would prove faithful to death and true;
With rosy cheeks and graceful form and sunshiny golden hair;
She stood that day where she's standing now, watching the train till it passed from view,
Never doubting but he would prove faithful to death and true;
He had gone on a voyage across the sea promising to return in the Spring
When, with the chime of the early year, their bridal bells would ring;
But the Spring flowers bloomed and the blithe birds sang and she waited and waited in vain
For her sailor lover never returned and no message came to explain.
When, with the chime of the early year, their bridal bells would ring;
But the Spring flowers bloomed and the blithe birds sang and she waited and waited in vain
For her sailor lover never returned and no message came to explain.
Whether he met with disaster or death, or proved to his promise false and untrue
No one can prove or even guess, for nobody ever knew;
No one can prove or even guess, for nobody ever knew;
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