Send Her a Valentine

Send her a valentine to say

You love her in the same old way.

Just drop the long familiar ways

And live again the old-time days

When love was new and youth was bright

And all was laughter and delight,

And treat her as you would if she

Were still the girl that used to be.

Pretend that all the years have passed

Without one cold and wintry blast;

That you are coming still to woo

Your sweetheart as you used to do;

Forget that you have walked along

The paths of life where right and wrong

And joy and grief in battle are,

And play the heart without a scar.

Be what you were when youth was fine

And send to her a valentine;

Forget the burdens and the woe

That have been given you to know

And to the wife, so fond and true,

The pledges of the past renew

‘ Twill cure her life of every ill

To find that you're her sweetheart still.