Fancy brings a thought to me of a flower that's bright and fair,
Its grace and beauty both combine more brighter to more fair;
Just like a maiden that I know once shared my happy lot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget me not."
We met I really don't know where, but still it's just the same,
For love grows in the city streets as well as in the lane;
I gently pressed her tiny hand - one glance at me she shot,
She dropped her flower, I picked it up - 'twas a sweet forget-me-not.
She's graceful and she's charming like the lilies in the pond,
Time is sliding swiftly by, of her I am so fond;
The roses and the daisies were blooming around the spot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget me not."
At last there came a happy time when something that I said,
It caused her lips to mouth her, "Yes," and shortly we were wed;
There is a house down in the lane in a tiny garden spot,
There grows a flower, I know it well, it's a sweet forget-me-not.
She's graceful and she's charming like the lilies in the pond,
Time is flying swiftly by, of her I am so fond;
The roses and the daisies were blooming around the spot,
Where we parted, when she whispered, "You'll forget me not."
####.... Variant of Song With Waltz Chorus published in 1877 by Bobby Newcomb of Cincinatti, Ohio ....####
This variant was recorded by Eddie Coffey of Branch, NL (The Girls From Newfoundland/Eddie Coffey And His Coffey-Mate, trk#8, 1977, Don Park Music, Inc., Markham, Ontario).
A variant was also recorded as Sweet Forget-Me-Not by Ed Power of Grand Falls-Windsor, NL (Kitchen Songs, trk#9, 1999, arranged, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Bishop of SoundScape Productions, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL).
