One Little Word

The dream of love is over
To- 5 day we said good- 1 bye
We 4 parted not in 1 anger
Though 5 tears came in her eyes
'Twas 1 just as fate decreed dear
That 4 we must never 1 wed
Yet 4 in her heart she 1 loved me
She 5 married wealth in- 1 stead

Chorus
One little word could change my future 5 life
One little word could have made her my 1 wife
Too late, too late, 4 now my fondest hopes are 1 dead
One little word that 5 word was never 1 said

In school days we had been sweethearts
She was her father's pride
Her folks lived in a mansion
Our cottage by its side
Though years have brought their changes
The same old love still holds
She wed to please her parents
A man of wealth and gold