To Mrs. Julie A. Seymour
of Danforth Place, N.J.
"Pleasant Memories" (1860)
Ballad
Words/Poetry by James Simmonds
Music by John Rogers Thomas, 1830-1896
Author of "Happy By Thy Dreams, "Withered Rose", &c.

New York: William Hall & Son, 543 Broadway
Boston: Russell & Tolman
New Orleans: P. P. Werlein
Louisville: D. P. Faulds & Co.
Plate No. 4522
[Source: @NYPL; 131/080@Levy]

1. Pleasant mem’ries softly stealing, 
Echoing thoughts of former years, 
Faces of the past revealing, 
Bath’d in mem’ries silent tears; 
Feelings buried with the past, 
Come like some remember’d strain, 
Joys by sorrow long o’er cast, 
Pleasant mem’ries wake again. 
Wake again, Wake again. 

[REFRAIN sung after each verse]
Pleasant mem’ries softly stealing, 
Echoing thoughts of former years, 
Faces of the past revealing, 
Bath’d in mem’ry’s silent tears; 
Pleasant mem’ries wake again, 
Pleasant mem’ries wake again.

2. Pleasant mem’ries, dearest blessing 
Heav’n hath giv’n to soothe the breast,— 
Life no greater charm possessing, 
Lulling aching hearts to rest; 
Hope long faded, past away, 
Bloom as in life’s early spring, 
Dreams of many  a happy day, 
Pleasant mem’ries oft ye bring. 
Oft ye bring, Oft ye bring.