a 1922 popular song words by Nora Bayes music by Dudley Wilkinson
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Lyrics
Sweet and trustful are the dreams of youth
The world is fair, and only sunshine and flowers are welcome there
Few can see beyond the veil of truth
Where danger lies, unseen by youthful eyes
Refrain
Dear little girlie, life’s hurley burley
May be a pearly, pathway of dreams
While Spring and Summer fill the fair world with laughter
Autumn and the Winter come after
Then love so sought for, so prized and fought for
Is sometime bought for, a thing that gleams
Then all too early, dear little girlie
Life’s hurley burley leaves us only our dreams
Performance
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