In the meadow       (Listen to midi)

 

    G - C - E7 - Am - D - G

 

          G                      C                   G  

1. Today I walked within a lovely meadow,

        Am                         D                     G

    I heard the crickets chirping in the grass.

         G                     C                    E7 

    A gentle meadowlark was gaily singing,

           Am                      D                     G

    and only ceased his song to let me pass.

                C                                              G            - B7

    Then mem'ry took me back again to childhood,

        Em                       A7                               D     - D7

    to happy days and songs that once were sung,

               G                      C                     E7 

    while you and I were walking in the meadow,

         Am                      D                      G

    as lovers did when you and I were young.

 

    G7 - A - G - D - D7

 

             G                                   C                           G  

2. The years have passed, but we have walked together

                  Am                         D                               G

    through gardens that were filled with thyme and rue,

         G                       C                    E7 

    but I have never known a lonely hour, dear,

         Am                      D                           G

    because along the path I walked with you.

             C                                                 G          - B7

    And now that winter time has come upon us,

       Em                   A7                               D      - D7

    again I hear the songs that once were sung,

              G                       C                     E7 

    while you and I were walking in the meadow,

         Am                      D                      G

    as lovers did when you and I were young.

 

(capo 1st)    (Carrie Jacobs-Bond, 1925)