the world is old / and the world is sad

30391|'T was on his birthday a good fellow
30391|A little boy came walking by
30391|He didn't know he was a boy,
30391|He wasn't a boy, he wasn't a boy.
30391|The boys came to the window and sat
30391|And talked with their hearts out of tune.
30391|The old man came to the window once,
30391|And his big big big voice to hear,
30391|And the kids to walk behind him.
30391|The boy came walking back alone,
30391|His face was all in the gray and white,
30391|His eyes were gray and white too.
30391|And the old man came walking by
30391|And his big big voice to hear.
30391|In the morning sun,
30391|Her face looked the same,
30391|Her hair was in curls;
30391|Her eyes were blue and wild,
30391|At all the little things,
30391|And her cheeks were red with smiles
30391|And her lip looked red and bright.
30391|She cried, "Oh, who can be?"
30391|We laughed and said, "You're a woman."
30391|And the boy smiled and said,
30391|"Who can be a woman?"
30391|"You'll not be a woman,"
30391|We cried and said, "You're a man."
30391|"You'll not be a man,"
30391|We cried and said, ''You're a boy."
30391|It was the spring
30391|When the world was new,
30391|And the world was sad.
30391|But we laughed and we said,
30391|'T was the spring
30391|When the world was new,
30391|And the world was sad.
30391|And 'twixt us two
30391|The world is old;
30391|And the world is sad.