The years creep slowly by, Lorena The snow is on the grass again The sun's low down the sky, Lorena The frost gleams where the flowers have been But the heart throbs on as warmly now As when the summer days were nigh The sun can never dip so low A-down affection's cloudless sky. The sun can never dip so low A-down affection's cloudless sky. () A hundred months 'twas flowery May When up the hilly slope we climbed To watch the dyin' of the day And hear the distant church bells chime To watch the dyin' of the day And hear the distant church bells chime () It matters little now, Lorena The past is in eternal past Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena Life's tide is ebbing out so fast There is a future, O'! Thank God! Of life this is so small a part 'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod But there, up there 'tis heart to heart 'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod But there, up there 'tis heart to heart ()