Sheet Music, 1834-1899
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0484
Description
Key of F. Cover: n/graph.; Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company (Boston)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 19th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary And the day is dark and dreary And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; My thoughts still cling to the mould'ring past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary, And the days are dark and dreary, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary Some days must be dark and dreary, Some days must be dark and dreary.
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