Parting Friends
Air: The Drummer Boy at Waterloo 
Put's Golden Songster:
containing the largest and most popular collection of California songs ever published
by John A Stone
San Francisco : D.E. Appleton & Co., 1858
With parting friends, no tongue can tell,
No heart can feel the grief and pain,
But those who bid good-by - farewell -
Perhaps to never meet again.
But those who bid good-by - farewell -
Perhaps to never meet again.
He goes - and soon home is forgot,
No tidings of him do they bear;
His vows to write he heeds them not,
Which causes many a silent tear.
His vows to write he heeds them not,
Which causes many a silent tear.
No joy the dreadful wound can heal
The tale of sorrow dies untold -
Still o'er his mind those words will steal,
"God speed thee to the land of gold!"
Still o'er his mind those words will steal,
"God speed thee to the land of gold!"
With aching hearts and watery eyes,
In vain they look for his return;
"He's dead! he's dead!" the weeper cries
As for the dead they for him mourn.
"He's dead! he's dead!" the weeper cries
As for the dead they for him mourn.
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