One Little Word - The Carter Family

The dream of love is over

Today we said goodbye

We parted not in anger

Though tears came in her eyes

It was just as fate decreed, dear

That we should never wed

Yet in her heart she loved me

She married wealth instead

One little word could’ve changed my future life

One little word could’ve made her my wife

Too late, too late, now my fondest hopes are dead

One little word, that word was never said

Since school days we had been sweethearts

She was her father’s pride

Her folks lived in a mansion

Our cottage by its side

Though years have brought their changes

The same old love tale told

She wed to please her parents

A man of wealth and gold