by Thomas Samuel Jones, Jr. (1882 - 1932)
Language: English
Across the fields of yesterday
He sometimes comes to me,
A little lad just back from play--
The lad I used to be.
And yet he smiles so wistfully
Once he has crept within,
I wonder if he hopes to see
The man I might have been.
Composition:
- Set to music by Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 - 1972), "Sometimes ", op. 46 (Three songs) no. 2, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Schmidt
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Samuel Jones, Jr. (1882 - 1932), "Sometimes"
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