Ere I Forget All The Joy That Is Mine Today

 

"This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
(Psalm 118:24)

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink,
or about your body or what you will wear.  Is not life more than food,
 and the body more than clothes?"
(Matthew 6:25)

Strawberry Fields

Picture courtesy Julia Berolzheimer/Pinterest

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover

You'll know who I am by the song that I sing

I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover

Who cares what the morrow shall bring?

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory

I can't live on promises winter to spring

Today is my moment and now is my story

I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing.

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine

I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine

A million tomorrows shall all pass away

Ere I forget all the joy that is mine today.

Today

(1964)

 The New Christy Minstrels

This beautiful folk song was written by Randy Sparks,
the  founder of The New Christy Minstrels, for the
 American western comedy "Advance To The Rear"
and was released in May, 1964.