She Tied A Golden Ribbon

We all watched enchanted

When my love came to be

She took a golden ribbon

And tied it round a tree

And then she walked away

Without a look at me

It was then and there I was certain

My love she's always be

(Instrumental music)

I tried to catch the leaves

As they fell from the tree

I tried to hold a sunbeam

But it wasn't meant to be

And all through the winter

To the spring I did see

The memory of my sweetheart

Walking away from me

(Instrumental music)

Times shoes have tired soles

And the lines have grown on me

I'm happily soothed by marriage

And I'm proud of my family

But deep inside away I hide

That ribbon round the tree

The moment that a love

Was never meant to be