:artist: nat king cole   -from his "the greatest of nat king cole" lp-capitol slb-6803   -peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1948   -competing versions charted by frank sinatra (#7), sara vaughn (#8), and   -dick haymes (#11).   -words and music by eden ahbez         There was a boy   A very strange enchanted boy   They say he wandered very far, very far   Over land and sea   A little shy and sad of eye   But very wise was he      And then one day   A magic day he passed my way   And while we spoke of many things   Fools and kings   This he said to me   "the greatest thing you'll ever learn   Is just to love and be loved in return"            "the greatest thing you'll ever learn   Is just to love and be loved in return"