Her Wedding Night - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
HER WEDDING NIGHT. Copyright, 1885, by Thomas K. Serrano. 
To-night, to-night's her wedding night. And she so very fair. A girl whose dreamy eyes are blue, A girl with golden hair. And I am all alone to-night. While somber all things seem, A thinking of departed years And all that might have been. 
Chorus. To-night, to-night's her wedding night, Why shed for her a tear? Her hand is in his keeping now, But can her heart be there? I hear the merry wedding bells, A joy to me denied, And while I ponder o'er the past, I bless the beauteous bride. 
And one by one while alone I sit, And stars in heaven burn. The joys of other years like birds On golden wings return; They perch upon me, and their beaks Are whispering regrets, As if the mind had gone to sleep, As if the heart forgets.-Chorus. 
They tell me that a woman's hand Is often bought for gold; They tell me that a woman's heart Like merchandise is sold. Ah, can it be! ah, can it be! That hers was sold to-night? If so, her love for me was naught, 'Twas well it took its flight.-Chorus.