It was long, long ago in the moonlight   We were sitting on the banks of the stream   When you whispered so sweetly, I love you   As the waters murmured a tune      Oh, they tell me your love is like a flower   In the springtime blossoms so fair   In the fall then they wither away, dear   And they tell me that's the way of your love      I remember the night, little darling   We were talking of days gone by   When you told me you always would love me   That for me your love would never die      It was spring when you whispered these words, dear   The flowers were all blooming so fair   But today as the snow falls around us   I can see that your love is not there