Lorena [German translation]

Oh the years creep slowly by, Lorena

Th' snow is on the ground again

The sun's low down the sky, Lorena

The frost gleams where the flowers have been

But the heart beats on as warmly now

As when the summer days were nigh

Oh the sun can never dip so low

To be down in affection's cloudless sky

[Instrumental]

A hundred months have passed, Lorena

Since last I held that hand in mine

And felt pulse beat fast, Lorena

Though mine beat faster far than thine

A hundred months 'twas flowery May

When up that hilly slope we climbed

To watch the dying of the day

And hear the distant church bells chime

[Instrumental]

We loved each other then, Lorena

Far more than we ever dared to tell

And what we might have been, Lorena

Had our lovin' prospered well

Then, 'tis part, the years roll on

I'll not call up their shadowy forms

I'll say to them, "Lost years, sleep on

Sleep on, nor heed life's pelting storms."

[Instrumental]

• Artist:John Hartford