#1249 - When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget

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• Composer:
  • E. Austin Keith, 1919

Also known as:

• When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Me
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• Incipit: 54651431231665
• Condensed Incipit: 5465143123165
• Incipit: 54651431531231665 (alternate)
• Condensed Incipit: 5465143153123165 (alternate)
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• Lyrics:
  When I'm gone you'll soon forget me
  And 'tis better I should go.
  You regret the day you met me,
  You have often told me so.
  Once your heart was in your keeping
  And perchance you love me yet.
  Far away I'll soon be sleeping,
  When I'm gone you'll soon forget.
  
  chorus:
  When I'm gone you'll soon forget me,
  When from you I'm far away.
  You'll be happy in the old home,
  That you yearn for day by day,
  In your heart there'll be no longing,
  Not one pain or fond regret.
  I will leave you in life's morning,
  When I'm gone you'll soon forget.
  
  Once love's light was brightly burning
  In our quiet little home.
  In out hearts there was no yearning,
  We were happy there alone.
  Golden hours we passed alone
  In those days when we first met.
  I will leave you now forever,
  When I'm gone you'll soon forget.
  
  
• E. Austin Keith, 1919