Oh the years creep slowly by Lorena
the snow is on the ground again
Oh the sun's low down the sky Lorena
the frost gleams where the flowers have been
But my heart beats on as warmly on
as when the summer days were nigh
Oh the sun can never dip so low
to be down affection's cloudless sky
A hundred months have passed Lorena
since last I held that hand in mine
And felt the pulse beat fast Lorena
though mine beat faster far than thine
A hundred months it was flowery May
when up the hilly slope we climbed
To watch the dying of the day
and hear the distant church bells chime
It matters little now Lorena
the past is in the eternal past
Our heads will soon lie low Lorena
life's time is ebbing out so fast
There is a future oh thank God
all of life is so small a part
It is dust to dust beneath the sod
but there, up there it is heart to heart
It is dust to dust beneath the sod
but there, up there it is heart to heart