The Happiest Days of All

[Verse 1] I wondered today on the sea shore The waves and the winds are low I thought of the days gone by Maud Many long years ago We lingered by the gently flowing billows And watch the golden sunset fade away And there among the sweet ocean breezes We talked about our future wedding day [Chorus] Gathering up the shells from the sea shore Gathering up the shells from the sea Those were the happiest days of all Maud Gathering up the shells from the shore [Verse 2] When the waves are rolling on the ocean And the golden moonbeams on the pebbles shine At your cottage by the sea I'll come again Maud When the waves are rolling gently sweetheart mine Now I am growing up in years Maud My locks are all silver and gray But the vows that we made on the shore Maud Are fresh in my memory today [Chorus] [Verse 3] No more bright shells we will gather As the waves come dashing as of yore She lies neath the white pebbled sand Just covered up with shells on the shore [Chorus]