It's a darling girl, my darling girl With eyes as dark as night and a heart so true But just so strong, set to live a darling life As years roll by, she'll grow up fine She'll sing a silent song But she'll find your piano And she'll find her wings She'll sing all the days long I'm waiting on a ghost, to show her loving arms And sweet Marie, I can see Your faint light shining down on me Go call on her brother, and her sister too Go call on all the town Tell them all today, your darling girl is to wear a wedding gown Though it all came so fast Ten years soon will pass, before there's room for three My sister will grow, my mother will know Soon there will be room for me I'm waiting on a ghost To show her loving arms And sweet Marie, I can see Your faint light shining down on me Like an old toy top, spins and stops Or a tag on the last waltz to end the ball A long summers wait, will come winding down She'll be buried in the fall Now she sleeps with you, Marie Bittersweet is this old world But they tell me soon My sister too will have a darling girl I'm waiting on a ghost To show her loving arms And sweet Marie, I can see Your faint light shining down on me