'Twas Not So Long Ago - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
'TWAS NOT SO LONG AGO. Copyright, 1892, by W. Schmiel. Words by Henry S. Leigh. Music by W. C. Schroder. 
How fondly I remember yet your sweet and sunny face; I can't forget the hour we met, and Can't forget the place. A little time away It seems, about a day or so; Our life is made of little dreams; 'twas not so long ago. Ah me! what silly things we say, what silly things are done. When youth and pleasure lead the way, and folks are twenty-one! Like angry waves the cruel years have tossed me to and fro; And yet how close the past appears, 'twas not so-long ago. [Dance.] 
I recollect the tender talk we held along the lane; Our dialogue throughout the walk was fervid, though insane. You hovered long, it seems to me, between a "Yes" or "No," I've ne'er forgotten, that you see 'twas not so long ago. Ah me! what silly things we say, etc.