I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Composer(s): A.P. Carter
Performer(s): The Chieftains
and multiple other artists



I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there 
And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair 
And even those who know me will think my heart in light 
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight 

I'll be all smiles tonight, Love, I'll be all smiles tonight 
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight 

Oh when the dance commences, Oh how I will rejoice
I'll sing the songs he taught me without a faulting voice 
When the flattering ones come around me they'll think my heart is light 
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smile tonight 

And when the room he entered with a bride upon his arm 
I stood and gazed upon him as though he was a charm 
And once he smiled upon her as once he'd smiled at me
They knew not what I suffered, they found no change in me 

And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest 
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best 
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part 
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart