Silver Threads Among The Gold
Music by H.P. Danks
Lyric by Eben E. Rexford
First Published 1873,
This version 1901


[Verse 1]
Dar-ling, I am grow-ing old,
Sil-ver threads a-mong the gold,
Shine up-on my brow to-day;
Life is fad-ing fast a-way;

But, my dar-ling, you will be,
will be Al-ways young and fair to me,
Yes! my dar-ling, you will be
Al-ways young and fair to me.

[Chorus]
Dar-ling, I am grow-ing, grow-ing old,
Sil-ver threads a-mong the gold,
Shine up-on my brow to-day;
Life is fad-ing fast a-way.

[Verse 2]
When your hair is sil-ver white,
And your cheeks no long-er bright
With the ros-es of the May,
I will kiss your lips, and say:

Oh! my dar-ling, mine a-lone, a-lone,
You have nev-er old-er grown.
Yes! my dar-ling, mine a-lone,
You have nev-er old-er grown.

[Chorus]