Lyrics:
“Why are you sad, papa, my darling,
Why are those tears falling today,
Why do you look at me so strangely,
Have I done wrong, tell me, I pray!”
“No, no, my child, you are an angel,
There's not a heart purer than thine,
Yet I've a fear, someday you'll leave me,
Just as your mother did, there'll come a time.”
chorus:
There'll come a time, some day,
When I have passed away,
There'll be no father to guide you from day to day,
Think well of all I've said:
Honor the man you wed:
Always remember my story, there'll come a time.
“Let me know all, papa, my darling,
Tell me I pray, of mother dear,
Why has she gone, why did she leave us,
Why is her name never heard here?
I never felt her arms about me,
Nor her sweet lips prest close to mine,
I'd give my life, only to see her,
Tell me, dear papa, will there come a time.”
“Some years ago, well I remember,
Your mother, child, left home one night,
She fled, alas, fled with another,
'Tis the old tale, vanished from sight,
'Twas but a year, back to the old home,
She came to die, yes, baby mine,
That's why I fear, some day you'll leave me,
Just as your mother did, there'll come a time.”
