From the 1962 stage play "All American" (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams)

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Once upon a time

A girl with moonlight in her eyes

Put her hand in mine,

And said she loved me so...

But that was once upon a time...

Very long ago



Once upon a hill

We sat beneath a willow tree

Counting all the stars

And waiting for the dawn

But that was once upon a time,

Now the tree is gone





How the breeze ruffled through her hair

How we always laughed

As though tomorrow wasn't there...

We were young

And didn't have a care

Where did it go?





Once upon a time

the world was sweeter than we knew

Everything was ours

But somehow once upon a time

Never comes again....





This song can be found on the album "In a Broadway Bag"