SMILIN’ THROUGH
(Arthur Penn)
There’s a little brown road windin’ over the hill
To a little white cot by the sea
There’s a little green gate
At whose trellis I wait
While two eyes o’ blue
Come smilin’ through at me
There’s a gray lock or two in the brown of the hair
There’s some silver in mine too, I see
But in all the long years
When the clouds brought their tears
Those two eyes o’ blue
Kept smilin’ through at me
And if ever I’m left in this world all alone
I shall wait for my call patiently
For if Heaven be kind
I shall wait there to find
Those two eyes o’ blue
Come smilin’ through at me