American Old Time Song Lyrics: 21 I Built A Bridge Of Fancies

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 21

I BUILT A BRIDGE OF FANCIES.

I built a bridge of fancies,
It reached from earth to heaven,
Yet scarcely ere completed,
Its slender chains were riven;
So many shadows crossed it,
In colors decked SO bright,
No wonder that they broke it,
Although their weight was light,
Although their weight was light.

Yet stay, I now remember,
'Twas a blinding storm of rain
Fell from my eyelids heavy,
Raising a mist of pain;
When next I gazed with longing,
In one short Summer's day,
All I had loved had vanished,
My bridge was swept away,
My bridge was swept away.