You've been that friend to me

My bark of life was tossing down
The troubled stream of time
When first I saw your smiling face
And youth was in its prime

                    Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
                    Where ever you may be
                    If ever I have had a friend
                    You have been that friend to me

 Misfortune nursed me as her child
 And loved me fondly, too
 I would have had a broken heart
 Had it not been for you

I now look back upon the past 

Across life's troubled sea 

And smile to think mid all life's scenes

You've been a friend to me

Recorded 6/9/36 New York, NY