DELIA
(learned from Harry Belafonte album in 1956)
Delia, Delia, where have you been so long?
Delia, Delia, where have you been so long?
Delia, Delia, where have you been so long?
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
Delia, Delia, everything I have is gone;
The trees have left the countryside,
The frost is on the ground;
The birds all sing a different song
With a low and a lonesome sound,
with a low and a lonesome sound.
Delia, Delia, everything I have is gone;
If we could count the falling stars,
As we had done before--
Or share the sound of summer rain
I'd never ask for more,
I'd never ask for more.
Delia, Delia, everything I have is gone;
Who can tell where Delia's gone,
Or why she went away;
Or if she always knew that she
Would break my heart some day,
would break my heart some day.