Jack and May sweethearts were they They were engaged to be wed Many a promise he made her Many a love word he said As most lovers do they quarreled one night She bid him not come any more She gave him his hat Jack started away But he lingered to say at the door 'Tis up these broken cords and let us be lovers again Darling you know I love you to part would give me pain Let us forget the past and make up my pet Make up and be lovers again Years rolled by neither was wed All of Jack's pleading was vain One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead Two lives have been wrecked for she loved oh too late She goes to his grave every day All through life in dismay She can't tell you why but it seems to her cry The wind seems to whisper and say