After The Ball

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  • AFTER THE BALL

    A little maiden climbed an old mans knees

    Begged for a story: "Do uncle, please!

    Why are you single, why live alone?

    Have you no babies, have you no home?"

    "I had a sweetheart, years, years ago,

    Where she is now, pet, you will soon know;

    List to the story, Ill tell it all:

    I believed her faithless after the ball.

    Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,

    Softly the music playing sweet tunes.

    There came my sweetheart, my love, my own,

    I wish some water; leave me alone.

    When I returned, dear, there stood a man

    Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can.

    Down fell the glass, pet, broken, thats all

    Just as my heart was after the ball.

    Long years have passed, child, I have never wed,

    True to my lost love though she is dead.

    She tried to tell me, tried to explain

    I would not listen, pleadings were vain.

    One day a letter came from that man;

    He was her brother, the letter ran.

    Thats why Im lonely, no home at all

    I broke her heart, pet, after the ball."

    Chorus:

    After the ball is over, after the break of morn,

    After the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone,

    Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Jennifer from Nebraska, UsaWhen I was a kid, my grandma sang this chorus to my siblings and cousin to make us feel better. But I ended up doing the opposite and crying.
  • Anita from Maryland, UsaMy Mom sang the chorus to me and my sister
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