~ Will You Love Me When I'm Old ~

"Will You Love Me When I'm Old?"

Life's morn will soon be waning
And its evening bells be tolled
But my heart shall know no sadness
If you love me when I'm old.

Your love I know is truthful
But the truest love grows cold.
It is this that I would ask you,
Will you love me when I'm old?

Down the stream of life together
We are sailing side by side
Hoping some bright day to anchor
Safe beyond the surging tide.

Today our sky is cloudless
But the night may clouds unfold
Though the storms may gather 'round us
Will you love me when I'm old?

When my hair shall shame the snowdrift
And mine eyes shall dimmer grow
I would lean upon some loved one
Through the valley as I go.

I would claim of you a promise
Worth to me a world of gold
It is only this my darling
That you love me when I'm old.

I would ask of you, my darling,
A question soft and low
It is only this, my darling
Will you love me when I'm old?

It is only this my darling
Will you love me when I'm old?

- Words and Music by J. Ford - 1872 -

A special thank you to Ray and his wife for the copy of the sheet music and lyrics to this beautiful song, and a very special thank to Hootie for providing me with the name of the artists who recorded this song. Below is the front cover of the sheet music.

In this world of fleeting romances, divorce, and serial marriages, this one question is still the one that we all would ask, "Will you still love me when I'm old?" The genesis of a new love is always thrilling and exciting in the beginning, but the real secret to love is what happens 5, 10, or even 40 years from now, "Will you still love me when I'm old?"

Will you still love me when the newness wears off, when the routine of daily living intervenes, and when the years have taken their toll, "Will you still love me when I'm old?"

If you and I can make a mutual promise to never forget the beginning, and to build on all that we have right now, then neither one of us will have to ask this question . . .

"Will you love me when I'm old?"

~ StinaLisa ~

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"Will You Love Me When I'm Old"
Recorded by Simani
A Newfoundland singing duo formed in 1977
Click below for a link to their website

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February 1999