Long Before Your Time Lyrics

You asked me why I look so sad on this bright summer dayOr why the tears are in my eyes and I seem so far awayWell sit yourself beside me here and put your hand in mineAnd I'll tell of someone I loved long, long before your timeI'm sitting here and thinking of thouse days so long agoWhen I was just a child like you and a girl I used to knowThough fields of green we laughed and played and sang our merry rhymesOh summer days were warmer then, long before your timeThrough childhood years our love did bloom till our hearts were just as oneAndw e promised each eternal love in the church before the townWe sattled in this litlle house, I was proud to call her mineOh we were young and happy then, long before your timeOne lovley year was all we had until the sickness cameAnd stole the roses from her cheeks my tears fell like rainFor nine long months she carried you but in the end she diedShe chose to go so you might live, long, long before your timeSo you ask me why I look so sad on this bright summer dayOr why the tears are in my eyes and I seem so far awayIt's just you seem a lot like her, when your eyes look in mineAnd you smile so much like she did long, long before your time