Lyrics:
Down by the shady grove,
Where in happy days gone by,
We oft wander'd by the clear, running stream,
All alone did I stray
In the gloomy twilight gray,
Fondly thinking of fond love's faded dream.
chorus:
Oh, oft have we stray'd in the green and shady grove,
In the green, in the green and shady grove;
Oh, there my love and I oft have wandered by the brook,
When the summer stars were beaming above.
Ah, soon I heard a voice,
And it thrilll'd my soul with glee,
It was one that i had oft heard before,
'Twas my love come again,
Proving hope was not in vain,
Now our hearts are free from care as of yore.
ending:
Oh, 'tis sweet to wander down in the green and shady grove,
When the wild warblers sing in their glee,
Ah, I never shall forget its happy scenes of love,
Nor the one that's wandered there oft with me.
