I Loved You Better Than You Knew - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
I Loved You Better than You Knew. Copyright, 1893, by Chas. W. Held. Words and Music by Johnnie Carroll. 
Our hands are clasped, the last forever, perhaps we'll never meet again; I loved you as I could none other; this parting fills my heart with pain; You ask, and freely I forgive you, the happy past I must forget; And though I wander on in sorrow, I hope that you'll be happy yet. 
Chorus. As through this weary world I wander, my thoughts alone will be; of you; In mem'ry I will see you ever; I loved you better than you knew. 
Perhaps, when I have gone forever, you'll sometimes sit and think of me, And wonder if I'm dead or living; perchance I'll think the same of thee; And when your friends have all departed, the friends you tho't were fried and true. Remember one you left heart-broken had loved you better than you knew.- Cho.