Lyrics:
The stars they were twinkling in roguish delight,
The roses were sparkling with dew;
The moon thro' the clouds was just peeping in sight,
The moments of parting were few.
While there, hand in hand, we stood 'neath the shade
Where oft we had lingered before.
I begged for a kiss from that dear little maid,
A sweet little kiss at the door!
chorus:
That sweet little kiss,
That dear little kiss,
In memory lives evermore!
Oh, rosy the lips that so blushingly gave
A sweet little kiss at the door!
Our lips softly met in a rapturous dream,
And still we our parting delayed;
The katydids sang in the moon's silv'ry beam,
The cricket chirped loud in the glade.
The moments they sped, I whispered “good-night”
As oft I had whispered before,
And stole from her lips once again with delight,
A sweet little kiss at the door!
Oh, years they are gone, yet, in memory dear
I live o'er the joys of the past;
Tho' life oft is weary, they comfort and cheer,
Those dreams far too lovely to last!
And brightest of all those pleasures of old
That time ne'er again can restore,
The mem'ry that deep in my heart I enfold,
That sweet little kiss at the door!
