For old times sake

^FDown in a lane two men had ^C7quarrelled
Over a girl whom they ^Gmboth ^C7ad^Fmired
Brothers in name but ^F7foes in ^B♭feeling
^B♭mPassion, a^Flas, their ^C7hearts had ^Ffired
^COne said “You traitor, you ^G7stole her from ^Cme
Hence-forth a stranger to ^G7England I'll ^Cbe”
”^AmIf we must ^Empart” said the ^Fo^C7ther with pain
“^FmDon't part like ^Cthis, we may ^G7ne'er meet ^C7again

   For ^Fold time's sake, don't let our enmity ^C7live
   For old time's sake, say you'll forget and for^Fgive
   ^F6Life's too short to quarrel, hearts too precious to ^B♭break
   ^GmShake ^B♭m6hands and ^Flet us be ^D7friends, for ^G7old ^C7times' ^Fsake

Anger prevailed, as foes they parted
Parted as brothers have often done
Jack sailed away to drown his sorrow
And left Tom at home with the bride he'd won
Twelve months after, and then he was left
Left with a babe of its Mother bereft
How like she grew to her, when he revealed
The cause of the quarrel, and how he appealed

Time rolled away, then the brothers one day
Met face to face, and then turned away
But the little peacemaker, their rough hands she grasped
And whispered so softly as their fingers she clasped
“In her sainted name, who looks down from above
My own angel mother you both used to love