Stay sweet bird of youth
Please stay a little longer
Your lovely song
Is all my heart keeps singing
Because it brings me
All the hope I need
Don’t speed away
Tell me you’re staying

Sweet bird of youth
You make each day a treasure
You fill each thrilling hour
With such pleasure
I cannot hear
The ticking of the clock now

No I cannot hear
The tower church bells tolling
The days and nights
Are simply rolling by now
The breezes sigh now gentle sunlight
Fills the clear blue sky

Stay sweet bird of youth
Please stay a little longer
Your lovely song
Is all my heart keeps singing
Because it brings me
All the hope I need
Don’t speed away
Tell me you’re staying