She May Have Seen Better Days - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
She May Have Seen Better Days. Copyright, 1891, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words and Music by James Thornton. 
While strolling along with the city's vast throng, On a night that was bitter cold, I noticed a crowd, who were laughing aloud At something they chanced to behold; I stopped for to see what the object could be, And there, on a doorstep, lay A woman in tears, from the crowd's angry Jeers, And then I heard somebody say: 
Chorus. She may have seen better days, when she was In her prime; She may have seen better days once upon a time; Though by the wayside she fell, she may yet mend her ways; Some poor, old mother is waiting for her, who has seen better days. 
If we could but tell why the poor creature fell, Perhaps we'd not be so severe: If the truth were but known of this outcast alone, May hap we would all shed a tear. She was once some one's joy, cast aside like a toy-Abandoned, forsaken, unknown. Every man standing by had a tear in his eye. For some had a daughter at home.- Chorus. 
The crowd went away, but I longer did stay, For from her I was loath to depart; I knew by her moan, as she sat there alone, That something was breaking her heart. She told me her life, she was once a good wife, Respected and honored by all; Her husband had fled ere they were long wed. And tears down her cheeks sadly fall. - Chorus.