Once in the dear dead days beyond recall,

When on the world the mists began to fall,

Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng,

Low to our hearts Love sung an old sweet song;

And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam,

Softly it wove itself into our dream.

Just a song at twilight, when the lights are low,

And the flick’ring shadows softly come and go,

Tho’ the heart be weary, sad the day and long,

Still to us at twilight comes Love’s old song,

Comes Love’s old sweet song.

Tho' the heart be weary, sad the day and long,

Still to us at twilight comes Love's old song,

Comes Love's old sweet song.

Words: Clifton Bingham   /   Music: James Lynam Molloy, 1884