a man I met in my youth

came to me in the light of truth

a beautiful dream that was

till he died one rainy fall

there I was a child bride

widowed at ninteen, defied

never would I let him go

go to the place that heaven knows



on the evening of his death

my shoulders felt a brushing breath

cold were his hands on my breast

the man that I loved and put to rest

he came to me and held me close

we danced til dawn in the early snow

there I felt him cry and cry

"I'll never leave, leave your side"



oh the madness

this town thinks I'm mad

sixty years, has it been a dream

this man I'm haunted by, I see



I'm eighty years and on my bed

awaiting death, that final breath

he sits by and looks to me

"soon you will come and be with me"

now I feel all warm inside

as I leave this mortal body behind

seems it is eternal's way

we're waltzing into heaven's gate