To Miss Nette Stirling.
"There's Sunlight on the Hills" (1870)
Song
from the Operetta "The Lady in the Mask"
Sung by Mr. Santley and the composer
with distinquished success.
Words by George Cooper, 1838-1927
Composed by John Rogers Thomas, 1830-1896

New York: William A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway
Chicago: C. Y. Fonda
Boston: Koppitz, Pruffer & Co.
New Orleans: L. Crunewald
San Fransisco: M. Gray
Milwaukee: H. N. Hempsted
Plate No. 7773
[Source: @NYPL]

1. While roving 'mid the dewy vales,
When winds are sweet and low,
Where warbling birds and blooming flow'rs
Around us, around us glance and glow,
How oft a summer cloud above,
With gloom our pathway fills;
Though far away we see with joy
There's sunlight on the hills!
Though far away we see with joy
There's sunlight on the hills!
There's sunlight-- there's sunlight--
There's sunlight on the hills!

2. When happy hours have pass'd away,
And clouds above us glide;
When summer friends who shar'd our joys,
And loved ones, and loved ones leave our side,
Each fleeting ray we may recall,
Though gloom our pathway fills;
For Hope will whisper while we sigh;
There's sunlight on the hills!
For Hope will whisper while we sigh;
There's sunlight on the hills!
There's sunlight-- there's sunlight--
There's sunlight on the hills!