THE SHADOWS ON THE BLIND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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When the winter's log is burning, when the hills are clothed in snow In the dear old chimney corner, one enjoys the cheery glow Of the fire, which throws its shadows quaint and curious on the blind Forming realistic pictures soon to fade from sight and mind. Chorus: Shadows on the blind, shadows on the blind Some will remind us of bygone days Bringing back mem'ries of childhood ways But oh, how they change, then fade from mind Life's but a shadow - it flickers and dies Like the shadows on the blind. Children love to watch the shadows when the lights are burning low Dwarfs at first the figures seen, then into giants soon they grow Sweethearts, too, will build their castles for the future you will find Castles which are doomed to vanish like the shadows on the blind. Chorus: Shadows on the blind, shadows on the blind Some will remind us of bygone days Bringing back mem'ries of childhood ways But oh, how they change, then fade from mind Life's but a shadow - it flickers and dies Like the shadows on the blind. In the dear old chimney corner you may see a couple old Fifty years they've pulled together since their love tales first were told He is proud to love and cherish and his will she still obeys Just as when they watched the 'shadows on the blind' in bygone days. Chorus: Shadows on the blind, shadows on the blind Some will remind us of bygone days Bringing back mem'ries of childhood ways But oh, how they change, then fade from mind Life's but a shadow - it flickers and dies Like the shadows on the blind. |
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Words and music by F.V. St. Clair - 1901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Georgina Lennard (1867-1954) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From monologues.co.uk Music Hall Lyrics Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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