The Old Pump On The Green - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
THE OLD PUMP ON THE GREEN. Copyright, 1890, by C. M. Loomis' Sons. Words and Music by Walter H. Blakeslee. 
There's a spot that's loved by all, 'neath the elms so grand and tall, Where the pump stood on the corner of the green; And the crystal water clear to my mem'ry ever dear, That I drank from that old pump upon the green; Now the thoughts of by-gone years, with their joys and with their tears, Take me back to youth and friends in days of yore; And the mem'ries clustered here 'round the" spot so loved and dear, They will linger in my heart forevermore. 
Chorus. Golden days, they will never more return. And, like by-gone friends, will never more be seen; When life's shadows darken deep in my mem'ry, I shall keep recollections of that old pump on the green. 
With its long and tangled chain, I can see that pump again, And the cup with water sparkling to the brim; And a thousand diamonds bright could not glisten in my sight Like the water from the old cup's rusty rim; Though good fortune on me smiles, and in far-off spicy isles I shall find a sunny home and wealth of gold, I may rove the wide world o'er, but, oh, never, never more Can I find a spot so dear as this of old.-Chorus.