WHEN AUTUMN COMES

WILL YOU REMEMBER ME

REMEMBER ME WHEN I AM GONE AWAY,

GONE FAR AWAY INTO THE SILENT LAND,

WHEN YOU CAN NO LONGER HOLD ME BY THE HAND,

NOR I HALF TURN TO GO, YET TURNING STAY.

REMEMBER ME WHEN NO MORE DAY BY DAY

YOU TELL ME OF OUR FUTURE THAT YOU PLANNED,

ONLY REMEMBER ME, YOU UNDERSTAND

IT WILL BE TO LATE TO COUNSEL OR PRAY.

YET IF YOU SHOULD FORGET ME FOR A WHILE,

AND AFTERWARDS REMEMBER, DO NOT GRIEVE,

FOR IF THE DARKNESS AND CORUPTION LEAVE

A VESTAGE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT ONCE I HAD,

BETTER BY FAR YOU SHOULD FORGET AND SMILE

THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER AND BE SAD......

(The old Hillbilly)