Where The Shy Little Violets Grow

Lyric: Gus Kahn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1928
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

In my dreams of childhood
When the skies were fair,
I can see a wildwood,
Flowers ev'rywhere;
When the twilight shadows
Bring their sweet regrets,
Then I wander back again
'Mid the violets;

Chorus:

I've been making up my mind
To find a place that I used to know,
By the old Ohio where the shy little violets grow.
I've been waking up to find
I'm dreaming dreams of long, long ago,
Of the old Ohio where the shy little violets grow.
I'd love to find the little trail,
Little winding trail,
That house on the hill;
Find somebody who
Promised to be true,
I know she's waiting there still.
When I look into her eyes,
They'll tell me what I'm longing to know,
By the old Ohio where the shy little violets grow.

Verse 2:

In a woodland shady,
Where the springtime plays
Like a lovely lady
Of the olden days;
I can see somebody
And he looks like me,
Can it be the happy boy
That I used to be?

[Chorus]