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Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.
How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.
The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.
The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
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I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.