When You Were Queen Of The May
Composer(s): Chas. E. Baer; Marion Raybould



Let me kiss those tears away
Smooth the locks now silver gray
Locks once gold
Let me whisper sweet and low
Love tales whisper'd long ago
Never old
You remember how the mocking birds were singing
So sweetly singing
Their love notes ringing
All the joys of love's young dream their songs were bringing
When my love I told. . . . .

Time's been kind to us I know
But someday we'll have to go
With the tide
Smilingly we've borne our share
Of life's sorrow, joy and care 
Side by side
In my dreams I hear the mocking birds still singing
So sweetly singing 
Their love notes ringing
And my heart is to the old days fondly clinging
When you were my bride. . . . .

Remember the village green, dear
Remember the ging-ham gown
You were that day, dear
Queen of the May, dear 
Apple blossoms drifting down, drifting down, drifting down
You were the fairest there, dear
You won my heart that day
And to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie
When you were the Queen of the May