We never thought the world was wide, 
That friends would fail, and fate divide, 
For like a river at our feet, 
Life danc'd a long, So fair and sweet
But Oh! my love we know it now, 
In spite of fondest pray'r and vow, 
The world is wide,  Our ways are drear, 
And all is gone with Yesteryear 

Farewell, farewell, we walk apart, 
A river flows between 
Ah! me! the distant days Sweetheart, 
And all that might have been!.... 

And still, as in the golden days, 
We tread the old familiar ways, 
Where bridge and river, lawn and tree, 
Tell their old tale to you and me, 
who come no more, 
Together, As in days of yore
Who live with parting words and tears
Forever ringing in our ears

Farewell, Farewell, we walk apart
A river flows between 
Ah! me! the distant days, dear heart! 
And all that might have been !