Charlie Zahm "Lorena"
Celtic singer Charlie Zahm performs a set of Americana music at the Gloucester County Public Library in Mullica Hill, NJ on November 4, 2006.
Folksinger Charlie Zahm is based in Pennsylvania and may be reached at http://www.charliezham.com for more information.
The years creep slowly by, Lorena
The snow is on the grass again
The sun's low down the sky, Lorena
The frost gleams where the flowers have been
But the heart throbs on as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh
Oh, the sun can never dip so low
A-down affection's cloudless sky.
A hundred months have passed, Lorena
Since last I held that hand in mine
And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena
Though mine beat faster far than thine
A hundred months...'twas flowery May
When up the hilly slope we climbed
To watch the dying of the day
And hear the distant church bells chime.
We loved each other then, Lorena
More than we ever dared to tell
And what we might have been, Lorena
Had but our loving prospered well
But then, 'tis past, the years have gone
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."
The story of the past, Lorena
Alas! I care not to repeat
The hopes that could not last, Lorena
They lived, but only lived to cheat
I would not cause e'en one regret
To rankle in your bosom now
"For if we try we may forget"
Were words of thine long years ago.
Yes, these were words of thine, Lorena
They are within my memory yet
They touched some tender chords, Lorena
Which thrill and tremble with regret
'Twas not the woman's heart which spoke
Thy heart was always true to me
A duty stern and piercing broke
The tie which linked my soul with thee.
It matters little now, Lorena
The past is in the eternal past
Our hearts will soon lie low, Lorena
Life's tide is ebbing out so fast
There is a future, oh, thank God!
Of life this is so small a part
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod
But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart.
Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: markay1
Length: 04:10
Rating: 4.94
Views: 11591
Tags: Americana Charlie Zahm
Video Comments
|
TennesseeJimmie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Very nice & that's from some one who plays & sings well enough to know you are really good.I can also recognize "Wildwood Flower" in it.
thorneswift (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
When I heard about a soldier playing this song in the evenings during the siege of Atlanta on his coronet, it was overwhelming. The shooting would stop and everyone would get silent. It really brings into focus the humanity and the horrible nature of this conflict. Battles are planned by the Generals, but the fighting is done by the individual soldiers who have lives that have a much greater range than their rifles.
Merle278 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Charlie has quite a number of CDs out. :)
joaquinalore (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
my name is Lorena! :)
50barrels (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What a wonderfull song.
At the first time I heard it, I begun to weep.
picker38 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is great stuff. Voice, picking, and guitar tone. Beautiful.
SniperFrans (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Y have I never heard of this guy? He is exelent. I wouldn't doubt that he could get a record deal. Very pretty music.
spiro2200 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Nice one as usual Charlie, I'm a Fan. Thanks Malarky1. Cheers. |
|
