TEN LONG YEARS AGO
(Freddie Hart / Jim Thornton / Jim Dale)


Freddie Hart - 1970





Just got home from layin' Papa down to rest
And us kids all think it's happened for the best
And there's no regrets in our hearts for we know
That Papa died when Mama died, ten long years ago

I remember them like children having fun
Though old of age, their hearts stayed twenty-one
His love for Mama never ceased to glow
For Papa died when Mama died, ten long years ago

He lost his will to live with Mama gone
And existed in a dreamworld of his own
Just mention Mama's name, the tears would flow
Yes, Papa died when Mama died, ten long years ago

I remember them like children having fun
Though old of age, their hearts stayed twenty-one
Oh, his love for Mama just never ceased to glow
Yes, Papa died when Mama died, ten long years ago






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)