Darby and Joan / words by F. E. Weatherly music by J. L. Molloy
| Title | Darby and Joan / words by F. E. Weatherly music by J. L. Molloy |
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| Subject | Songs with piano |
| Popular music -- United States -- To 1901 | |
| Description | For voice and piano |
| Caption title | |
| Cover illustration depicts young woman with three birds perched on her hand | |
| Price: figure 35 | |
| Back cover: A select catalogue of popular vocal and instrumental sheet music | |
| W. A. Evans & Bro. published music in Boston from 1881 until 1887. Cf. Early American sheet music / Dichter and Shapiro | |
| Creator | Molloy, J. L. (James L.), 1837-1909 |
| Publisher | Boston : W. A. Evans & Bro., publishers |
| Date | between 1881 and 1887 |
| Contributor | Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929. Lyricist. |
| Rights |
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| Format | Sheet music |
| Published works | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Type | Image |
| Text | |
| Identifier | SMC 01418 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/33988 | |
| Alternative Title | First line of text: Darby dear, we are old and gray |
| First line of chorus: Always the same, Darby, my own | |
| Is Part Of | Sheet Music Collection, Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives, University Libraries, Bowling Green State University |
| References | https://maurice.bgsu.edu:443/record=b2351519~S9 |
VERSE 01: Darby, dear, we are old and gray,/Fifty years since our wedding day,/Shadow and sun for ev’ry one, as the years roll on./Darby dear, when the world went wry,/Hard and sorrowful then was I/Ah! lad , how you cheered me then,/”Things will be better, sweet wife, again!”VERSE 02: Darby, dear, but my heart was wild,/When we buried our baby child,/Until you whispered, “Heav’n knows best,” and my heart found rest./Darby dear, ‘twas your loving hand/Showed the way to the better land,/Ah! Lad, as you kissed each tear,/Life grew better, and heaven more near.VERSE 03: Hand in hand when our life was May,/Hand in hand when our hair is gray,/Shadow and sun for ev’ry one, as the years roll on./Hand in hand, when the long night tide/Gently covers us side by side,/Ah! Lad, though we know not when,/Love will be with us forever then.CHORUS: Always the same, Darby, my own,/Always the same to your old wife Joan./Always the same to your old wife Joan! | |
| Original Format | 1 score (3 pages) 36 cm |
