Fleeting Youth

A mountain rises proud and high

Below a valley green The grove

is thick

with emerald leaves

The fairest ever seen

The grove is thick with emerald

leaves The fairest ever seen

Beneath the trees a river winds

As clear as glass it gleams

Across the valley wide and far

It flows in endless streams

Across the valley wide and far

It flows in endless streams

Along the bank in quiet nooks

The wooden boats are tied Three

weeping willows gently bow

In sorrow side by side

Three weeping willows gently bow In

sorrow side by side

That golden summer soon will pass

And bitter cold will blow

Their fallen leaves will drift away

Down where the waters flow

Their fallen leaves will drift away

Down where the waters flow

I mourn above the rushing stream

It whispers and it flies While

in my breast my heavy heart

Grows faint and softly sighs

While in my breast my heavy

heart Grows faint and softly sighs

O river,

gentle river blue

Just like your waters clear My

happy days have fled away

And all I held so dear

My happy days have fled away

And all I held so dear

And all I held so dear

To you,

my gentle darling stream

The spring will come again

Yet fleeting youth will not return

Will never come again

Yet fleeting youth will not return

Will never come again

The mountain rises proud and high

The woodland

whispers light The joyful birds are

singing loud

The river sparkles bright

The joyful birds are singing loud

The river sparkles bright

How sweet it is,

how full of grace

To live beneath the sun Why

is my heart so full of

tears So broken and undone?

Why is my heart so full

of tears So broken and undone?

It grieves in sorrow and it

aches

That spring will bloom again While

faded youth will not return

Will never come again

While faded youth will not return

Will never come again