As You Went Down the Road
As you went down the road, dear,
As you went down the road,
How chill the breeze began to blow-
My heart took up its load;
The skies that had been blue and bright,
How fast they darkened into night.
And will you ne'er turn back, dear?
And shall we never meet?
Do not glad cries come up the road?
No swift returning feet?
Half-way to meet you? I would run,
Though long the way and set the sun.
Alas! The days go on, dear;
How dulled the daylight seems,
Since you went down the road, dear,
And left me to my dreams;
Left me to bear my weary load,
As I toil after, down the road.
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