Jan Smit After the Ball Is Over song lyrics

A little maiden, climbs an old man's knee

Begs for a story, do uncle please

Why are you lonely, why do you roam

Have you no sweetheart, have you no home

I had a sweetheart, long long ago

Why we were not wed, you soon will know

List'to my story, I'll tell it all

I broke her heart then, after the ball

After the ball is over, just at the break of dawn

After the dance is ended, and all the stars are gone

Many's the heart that's aching, if you could reach them all

Many's the fond hope that's vanished, after the ball

Low lights were shining, in the big ballroom

Softly the organ was playing a tune

There stood my sweetheart, my love, my own

I wished some water, leaving the room

When i returned there, there stood a man

Kissing my sweetheart, as lovers can

Down went the glass and broke in a fall

Just like my heart was after the ball

After the ball is over, just at the break of dawn

After the dance is ended, and all the stars are gone

Many's the heart that's aching, if you could reach them all

Many's the fond hope that's vanished, after the ball

Many years have gone by, i have not wed

Due to my first love, tough she is dead

She tried to tell me, tried to explain

I would not listen, pleading in vain

One day a letter, came from this man

He was her brother, the letter end

That's why I'm lonely, no home at all

I broke her heart then after the ball

After the ball is over, just at the break of dawn

After the dance is ended, and all the stars are gone

Many's the heart that's aching, if you could reach them all

Many's the fond hope that's vanished,

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