Happiest day of all
1. I wondered today on the sea shore,
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the
waves and the winds were low,
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I thought of the days that are
gone by, Maud,
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many
long years ago.
2. We lingered by the gently flowing billows,
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and
watched the golden sunset fade away.
And there among the sweet
ocean breezes,
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we
talked about our future wedding day.
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Gathering up the shells from the sea shore,
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gathering up the shells from the sea,
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those were the happiest days of all,
Maud,
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gathering up the shells from the shore.
+ instrumental = CHORUS
3. When the waves are rolling on the ocean,
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and
the golden moonbeams on the pebbles shine,
at your
cottage by the sea I'll come again, Maud,
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when
the waves are rolling gently, sweetheart mine.
4. Now I am growing up in years, Maud,
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my
locks are all silver and gray,
but
the vows that we made on the shore, Maud,
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are
fresh in my memory today.
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Gathering up the shells from the sea shore,
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gathering up the shells from the sea,
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those were the happiest days of
all, Maud,
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gathering up the shells from the shore.
+ instrumental = CHORUS
5. No more bright shells we will gather,
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as
the waves come dashing as of yore,
she
lies ‘neath the white pebbled sand,
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just
covered up with shells on the shore.
+ CHORUS
(The Carter Family)