{"id":271,"date":"2014-08-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/the-years-creep-slowly-by-lorena.html"},"modified":"2017-02-06T13:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:01:18","slug":"the-years-creep-slowly-by-lorena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/the-years-creep-slowly-by-lorena.html","title":{"rendered":"Lorena"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Lorena<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3>One Of The Most Popular Songs During The Civil War<\/h3>\n<p class=\"postother\"><em>Lorena <\/em>was published in 1857, and it became one of the most popular songs of the Civil War. This song was a special favorite of the Confederates. <em>Lorena<\/em> has a beautiful melody and the lyrics are by Reverend H. D. L. Webster, but the actual origin of this song is uncertain. With the success of <em>Lorena<\/em>, many babies, towns, and at least one steamship, were named Lorena.<\/p>\n<p>Following is a rendition of <i>Lorena<\/i> arranged and recorded by Tom Roush. It is quite good, although careful readers and listeners will notice that Roush&#8217;s version varies somewhat from the lyrics presented in this post.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Lorena<\/em> by Tom Roush<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lorena\" width=\"654\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQOtqepS1PU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/musicoftomroush.com\/\"><b>Visit Tom Roush&#8217;s website<\/b><\/a> &#8211; he has CDs of his great Civil War music for sale.<\/p>\n<p>The years creep slowly by, Lorena<br \/>\nThe snow is on the grass again<br \/>\nThe sun&#8217;s low down the sky, Lorena<br \/>\nThe frost gleams where the flowers have been<br \/>\nBut the heart throbs on as warmly now<br \/>\nAs when the summer days were nigh<br \/>\nOh, the sun can never dip so low<br \/>\nA-down affection&#8217;s cloudless sky.<\/p>\n<p>A hundred months have passed, Lorena<br \/>\nSince last I held that hand in mine<br \/>\nAnd felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena<br \/>\nThough mine beat faster far than thine<br \/>\nA hundred months&#8230;&#8217;twas flowery May<br \/>\nWhen up the hilly slope we climbed<br \/>\nTo watch the dying of the day<br \/>\nAnd hear the distant church bells chime.<\/p>\n<p>We loved each other then, Lorena<br \/>\nMore than we ever dared to tell<br \/>\nAnd what we might have been, Lorena<br \/>\nHad but our loving prospered well<br \/>\nBut then, &#8217;tis past, the years have gone<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll not call up their shadowy forms<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll say to them, &#8220;Lost years, sleep on<br \/>\nSleep on, nor heed life&#8217;s pelting storms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The story of the past, Lorena<br \/>\nAlas! I care not to repeat<br \/>\nThe hopes that could not last, Lorena<br \/>\nThey lived, but only lived to cheat<br \/>\nI would not cause e&#8217;en one regret<br \/>\nTo rankle in your bosom now<br \/>\n&#8220;For if we try we may forget&#8221;<br \/>\nWere words of thine long years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, these were words of thine, Lorena<br \/>\nThey are within my memory yet<br \/>\nThey touched some tender chords, Lorena<br \/>\nWhich thrill and tremble with regret<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas not the woman&#8217;s heart which spoke<br \/>\nThy heart was always true to me<br \/>\nA duty stern and piercing broke<br \/>\nThe tie which linked my soul with thee.<\/p>\n<p>It matters little now, Lorena<br \/>\nThe past is in the eternal past<br \/>\nOur hearts will soon lie low, Lorena<br \/>\nLife&#8217;s tide is ebbing out so fast<br \/>\nThere is a future, oh, thank God!<br \/>\nOf life this is so small a part<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis dust to dust beneath the sod<br \/>\nBut there, up there, &#8217;tis heart to heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorena was published in 1857, it became one of the most popular songs of the Civil War. Lorena was a special favorite of the Confederate army. The song has a beautiful melody, the lyrics are by Reverend H. D. L. Webster, but the actual origin of this song is uncertain. 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