There Was a Time Lyrics

There was a time
A time for ever gone ah, woe is me!
It was no crime
To love but thee alone ah, woe is me!
One heart, one life, one soul,
One aim, one goal
Each in the other's thrall,
Each all in all, ah, woe is me!
Ensemble. Oh, bury, bury let the grave close o'er
The days that were that never will be more!
Oh, bury, bury love that all condemn,
And let the whirlwind mourn its requiem!
Cas. Dead as the last year's leaves
As gathered flowers ah, woe is me!
Dead as the garnered sheaves,
That love of ours ah, woe is me!
Born but to fade and die
When hope was high,
Dead and as far away
As yesterday! ah, woe is me!
Ensemble. Oh, bury, bury let the grave close o'er,
The days that were that never will be more!
Oh, bury, bury love that all condemn,
And let the whirlwind mourn its requiem!