Fiddlin' John Carson
After the Ball
A little maiden climbed an old man's knees—Begged for a story: "Do uncle, 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.“”Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,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 Letras de cancionesKissing my sweetheart as lovers can. Down fell the glass, pet, broken, that's all—Just as my heart was after the ball.“”Long years have passed, child, I have 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—Source: Many the hopes that have vanished after the ball.
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