"The Mansion Of Aching Hearts" is sung by Byron G. Harlan on Edison Gold Moulded 8093 (1902).
Piano accompaniment by Frank P. Banta.
Words are by Arthur J. Lamb. Music is by Harry Von Tilzer.
The last dance was over, the music had ceased
And the dancers were leaving the hall
A few men were saying their last goodbyes
To the beautiful belle of the ball
Alone by the window a youth sadly stands
His heart she had stolen away
And just as he gazed on her beautiful face
He was startled to hear someone say
She lives in a mansion of aching hearts
She's one of a restless throng
The diamonds that glitter around her throat
They speak both of sorrow and song
The smile on her face is only a mask.
And many the tear that starts
For sadder it seems when of mother she dreams
In the mansion of aching hearts
Alone by the fireside, a man sadly looks
At a picture that hangs on the wall
He has never forgotten the sad sweet face
Of the beautiful belle of the ball
He's reading her letter
My picture i send, i have loved you
But only in vain
Oh try to forget that we ever have met
Then he thinks with a heart full of pain
She lives in a mansion of aching hearts
She's one of a restless throng
The diamonds that glitter around her throat
They speak both of sorrow and song
The smile on her face is only a mask
And many the tear that starts
For sadder it seems when of mother she dreams
In the mansion of aching hearts