An Old-fashioned Valentine - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
AN OLD-FASHIONED VALENTINE Copyright, 1891, by James Stillman. Words and Music by Gussie L. Davis. 
One day I took a ramble through the old dusty attic And rummaged an old-fashioned cedar chest, A bit of old blue ribbon bound around a dusty package Of old letters from a girl I once loved best. In my heart awoke sweet memories, that long ago have slept, Of a pair of eyes of blue of love divine; But the words that most impressed me, while in silence there I wept, Were the words found in an old-time valentine: 
Chorus. "Roses red, violets blue, Love is sweet, and so are you." Sent long aeo by a sweetheart of mine, Only an old-fashioned valentine. 
The one that sent it long ago now sleeps 'neath the daisies, Beneath the silent weeping willow's wave; I often go in summer there and plant rose buds and violets, While the birds sing sweetest songs above her grave. And such heart-felt love as she expressed with those few simple words, Sweetest mem'ries 'round my heart it doth entwine; Nothing left now to impress me, only memory And birds, And the verse found in an old-time valentine.-Chorus.