The Original Carter Family - Happiest Days of All
This is a radiorecording from when the Cartes were playing on border radio. So this is a short version of the song.
LYRICS:
I wandered today on the seashore,
The waves and the winds were low,
I thought of the days that are gone by, Maude,
Many long years ago.
Gathering up the shells from the seashore,
Gathering up the shells from the sea,
Those were the happiest days of all, Maude,
Gathering up the shells from the shore.
No more bright shells we will gather,
As the waves come dashing as of yore,
She lies 'neath the white pebbled sands,
Yes, covered up with shells on the shore.
Gathering up the shells from the seashore,
Gathering up the shells from the sea,
Those were the happiest days of all, Maude,
Gathering up the shells from the shore.