If
Winter Comes
Written and sung by Corporal Frank (Flo)
Florence
Kobe House, Japan, 1943-45
Swallows may fly to the
South,
Leaving their nests by
the wall,
Winds may grow chill
on the crest of the hill,
The last rose of Summer
may fall
Friends who grow old
may forget,
Leaving your heart with
its pain,
But the one love, that's
true, will be waiting for you,
Till swallows fly northward
again.
If winter comes with bitter
driving hail,
If winter comes with
storms across your trail,
Don't sit and dream of
the days gone by,
When hearts were young
and hopes were high.
If Winter comes with
bitter hail and snow,
And there is frost on
the pane-then
Just trudge along with
a smile and a song,
Summer will come again.
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