The Picture That I s Turned Toward The

THE PICTURE THAT IS TURNED TOWARD THE WALL
By: Charles Graham
Vernon Dalhart
Key: Bb

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Far a-way be-yond the glam-our 
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of the cit-y and it’s strife
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There's a qui-et lit-tle home-stead by the sea,
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Where a ten-der, lov-ing las-sie 
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used to live a hap-py life
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As con-tent-ed in her home as she could be;
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Not a shad-ow ev-er seemed 
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to cloud the sun-shine of her youth
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And they tho't no sor-row could her life be-fall,
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But she left them all one eve-ning 
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and their sad hearts knew the truth
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When her fa-ther turned her pic-ture to the wall.

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There's a name that's nev-er spo-ken
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And a moth-er's heart half bro-ken
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There is just an-oth-er miss-ing 
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from the old home, that is all.
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There is still a mem-‘ry liv-ing
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There's a fa-ther, un-for-giv-ing,
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And a pic-ture that is turned to-ward the wall.


They have laid a-way each tok-en 
of the one who ne'er re-turns,
Ev-'ry tok-en, ev-'ry rib-bon that she wore,
Though it seems so long a-go now, 
yet the lamp of hope still burns
And her moth-er prays to see her child once more.
Though no tid-ings ev-er reach them 
what her life or lot may be,
Though they some-times think 
she's gone be-yond re-call,
There's a ten-der re-col-lec-tion 
of a face they nev-er see,
In the pic-ture that is turned toward the wall.

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