The Arrow And The Song - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
THE ARROW AND THE SONG. Copyright, 1883, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. Words by H. W. Longfellow. Music by C. B. Hawley. 
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where, I know not where; For so swiftly it flew, so swiftly it flew, The sight could not follow in its flight. 
I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where, I know not where; For who has sight so keen and so strong, That it can follow the flight of song? 
Long, long afterward, in an oak, I found the arrow, I found the arrow still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.