She Forgets And She Forgives - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
She Forgets and She Forgives. Copyright, 1894, by Chas. W. Held. Words and Music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld. 
In an humble cottage dwelling lies a woman, pale and fair: She has loved with pure devotion one who had no love to share. Hark I let's listen what she's saying: "Oh, I loved him fond and true, And alas! I thought him faithful, but another he did woo." Will she curse him now she's dying, with a short time but to live! Not she lifts her hands above her, not to curse, but to forgive. 
Chorus. She forgets and she forgives him, ev'ry sorrow she outlives: _ Noble woman, pare and gentle, she forgets and she forgives. 
Visions come and fade before me: see you man in tattered clothes: He's been seeking work since daybreak, how he lives, oh, heaven knows. Tears ago 'mid wealth And plenty, be was trusted and revered, Till one day the tempter lured him: then he fled and disappeared. In a moment rash he yielded, sinned and signed another's name; To the law his father left him, but his mother bore his shame. 
* Chorus. She forgets and she forgives him, ev'ry sorrow she outlives; Noble mother, sweet and tender, she forgets and she forgives. 
In a quiet homestead sitting is a woman with her child. Hark! it is her husband's footsteps; welcome greets him unbeguiled. But with drink, alas he's reeling, from his lips the curses flow: See! he strikes her; "God, have mercy!" She lies crippled 'neath the blow. 'Twas a jealous passion thrilled him, and he flees without regret; He, the brute, and she, the angel, and her tears are falling yet. 
Chorus. She forgets and she forgives him, ev'ry sorrow she outlives; Faithful wife, so sweet and gentle, she forgets and she forgives.