On the farmhouse veranda,

There sat Silas and Miranda,

Thinking of the days gone by.

Said he "Dearie, don't be weary,

You were always bright and cheery,

But a tear, dear, dims your eye.

Said she "They're tears of gladness,

Silas, they're not tears of sadness,

It is fifty years today since we were wed.

Then the old man's dim eyes brightened,

And his stern old hear, it lightened,

As he turned to her and said:

Chorus:

Put on your old grey bonnet

With the blue ribbon on it,

While I hitch old Dobbin to the shay,

And through the fields of clover,

We'll drive to Dover,

On our golden wedding day.



I was in the same old bonnet,

With the same blue ribbon on it,

In the old shay, by his side,

That he drove her up to Dover,

Through the same old fields of clover

To become his happy bride.

The birds were sweetly singing

And the same old bells were ringing,

As they passed the quaint old church where they wed,

And that night when the stars were gleaming,

The old couple lay a-dreaming,

Dreaming of the words he said:

Chorus:

Put on your old grey bonnet

With the blue ribbon on it,

While I hitch old Dobbin to the shay,

And through the fields of clover,

We'll drive to Dover,

On our golden wedding day.