After the Ball

After the Ball

V1 A little maden climbed an old man’s knee Begged for a story “Do Uneje please,” Why are you single, why live alone! Have you no babies, have you no home? I had a sweetheart, years, years ago; Where she is now pet, you will soon know List to the story I’ll tell it all I believed her faithless after the ball V2 Bright lights were flashing in the grand ball room Softly the music, playing sweet tunes, There came my sweetheart, my love my own, I wish some water, leave me alone! When I returned dear, there stood a man Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can Down fell the glass pet, broken that’s all Just as my heart was after the ball V3 Long years have passed child I’ve never wed, True to my lost love, though she is dead, She tried to tell me, tried to explain, I would not listen, pleadings were vain, One day a letter came from that man, He was her brother the letter ran That’s why I’m lonely, no home at all, I broke her heart pet, after the ball Chorus After the ball is over, After the break of morn, After the dancers leaving, After the stars are gone; Many a heart is aching, If you could read them all; Many the hopes that have vanished After the ball

Charles K. Harris

1920