From “The Happiest Night of His Life”, 1910 Words by Junie McCree Music by Albert Von Tilzer
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The first smile from your girl is the morning of love
And the first kiss is still the forenoon
You’re engaged right away
Marriage is the mid-day
One o’clock starts the sweet honeymoon
At three, four and five the babies arrive
Their happiness you’re dreaming of
But divorce, wrong or right
Brings on darkest midnight
In the twenty-four hours of love
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The sad smile on her face is the sunset of love
And the light in her eyes seems to dim
‘Tis the evening of life
For a once faithful wife
Just a shudder when she thinks of him
The flickering spark in her heart grows dark
Her spirit has flown up above
Just a pure life made coarse
By the arch fiend divorce
In the twenty-four hours of love