I am dreaming of thee,
Dearest, I am dreaming still of thee,
For thy spirit haunts me ever,
Like some fairy melody;
When in loneliness I wander,
Or in haunts of mirth and glee,
Still my heart to thine is turning,
I am dreaming still of thee.

When the stars are softly smiling,
Thro’ the lone and silent night,
Then I think of thee and heaven,
With a holy, calm delight;
For thy spirit is so radiant
In its love and purity,
That whene’er I dream of angels,
I am dreaming still of thee.
There are hours when dreary shadows,
Cast their gloom upon my heart,
When I think how well I love thee,
When I feel that we must part;
For I know there is no other,
E’er can be so dear to me,
And whene’er of love I’m dreaming,
I am dreaming still of thee.
I am dreaming of thee, dearest,
Still I dream of thee alone;
We shall meet again in heaven,
There our spirits shall be one;
For the earth when thou wert near me,
Was a paradise to me,
And whene’er I dream of heaven,
I am dreaming still of thee.

“When the stars are softly smiling
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Then I think of thee and heaven.”

BY THE BANKS OF RED RIVER.

Words by E. E. Kidd. Music by La Hache.

Oh, gone is the soul from his wondrous dark eye,
And gone is her life’s dearest glory.
The tales of fond lovers unheeded pass by,
Her heart hears a single sad story,
How her gallant young hero fell asleep, and will never
Awake from his dream by the banks of Red River.
Chorus.—How her gallant young hero fell asleep, and will never
Awake from his dream by the banks of Red River.
How oft to the window she rushes to wait,
As though she expected his coming;
She lists, ah! she hears him swing open the gate,
And the song he was wont to be humming;
But she turns, ah! she feels he’s asleep and will never
Awake from his dream by the banks of Red River.
Chorus.
Ah, many a sun will awaken the morn,
All dressed in its radiant glory,
Ere the heart of the maiden shall ever be torn
From the woe of his sorrowful story,
For it bent—it has broke. Oh! God it will never
Arise from that grave by the banks of Red River.
Chorus.