Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

Words-Rita Johnson Young
Music-Victor Herbert Date (1890's?)

Tabulated by James Ouzts
Ph.D., Chairman/Professor Audiology and Speech Pathology
Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 39833-3372

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y

8   -8    -8 7 7 -7   -7  -6  -6  6  -6    -6
Ah, sweet mystery of life at last I found thee.

-9  8  8   -8  -8  -7   7 -6  -6  6 -6
Ah, I know at last the secret of it all.

 8  -8  -8 7      7 -7     -7 -6     -6  6    -7  -7
All the longing, seeking, stressing, waiting, yearning,

-8   8 -9    -8    -6   -8  -8 -8-6  -8    -6    -8
The burning hopes, the joy and idle tears that fall.

8    -8   -8   7    7  -7 -7  -6  -6   6  -6 -6
For 'tis love and love alone the world is seeking.

-9   8    8   -8   -8  -8-7   -6  -6   6 9
And 'tis love and love along that can repay.

  9  -9  -9 8      8   7   7   -7 -7  -7 -9-9
'Tis the answer, 'tis the end and all of living,

 7   7 -8   8  6 -6    8   6 -6    7   -8    8  7
For it is love alone, love alone that rules for aye.

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