1. Oh answer me a question, love, I pray. . . . My heart for thee is pining day by
day; . . . Oh answer me, my dearest, answer true; . . . .
Hold me close as you were wont to do. . . . . Whisper once again the
story old, The dearest, sweetest story ever told; Whisper once again the story
old, . . . The dearest, sweetest story ever told. . . .
2. Oh tell me that your heart to me is true. . . . Repeat to me the story ever
new; . . . Oh take my hand in yours and tell me, dear, . . . .
Is it joy to thee when I am near? . . . . Whisper o'er and o'er the
story old, The dearest, sweetest story ever told; Whisper o'er and o'er the story
old, . . . The dearest, sweetest story ever told. . .
Tell me, do you love me? Tell me softly, sweetly, as of old!
Tell me that you love me, For that's the sweetest story ever told . . .
Tell me, do you love me? Whisper softly, sweetly, as of old . . .
Tell me that you love me, For that's the sweetest story ever told. . .