After the Ball

A little maiden Climbs an old man knee Begs for a story Do Uncle please Why are you lonely? Why do you roam? Have you no sweetheart? Have you no home? I had a sweetheart long, long ago Why we were not wed you soon will know List' to my story, I'll tell it all I broke her heart then, after the ball Afer the ball is over, just at the break of dawn After the band has ended, and all the stars are gone Many's a heart has taken, if you could read them all Many's a fond of that's vanished, after the ball After the ball No lights are shining, in the big ballroom Softly the organ is playing a tune There stood my sweetheart, my love, my all I wished some water leavin' her alone When I returned, there stood a lad, kissing my sweetheart, as lover's can Down went the glass I held, broken on the floor, just like my heart was after the ball After the ball is over, just at the break of dawn After the band has ended, and all the stars are gone Many the heart is taken, if you could read them all Many the fond that's vanished after the ball Many years have gone by, I have not wept True to my first love, though she is dead... She tried to tell me, tried to explain I would not listen, leave me in vain One day a letter came from this man, he was her brother the letter read That's why I'm lonely No home at all I broke her heart then, after the ball After the ball is over, just at the break of dawn After the band is ended, and all the stars are gone Many's the heart that's taken, if you could read them all Many's the fond of that's vanished, after the ball Many's the of that's vanished, after the ball... End