Sarah's Dance

Story Behind The Song

The girl, Sarah, in the song is based on my great aunt.

Song Description

A girl meets a young soldier at a dance at the military academy at West Point. They marry and he's sent to Europe during the war. He is killed there and Sarah is left with memories and a music box that her husband had made specially for her.

Song Length 5:18 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Contemporary
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant, Endearing Subject Life, Relationship
Similar Artists Paul Simon Language English

Lyrics

Sarah's Dance



She has a music box, she winds it every day

And the music echoes down the halls

Off the ceilings and the walls

She lifts her pretty face and counts the chimes

One at a time


It was New York just before the war

Has there ever been a time of more romance

The soldiers took the time to take the chance

On Sarah's dance

Sarah was a debutante

She grew up knowing that she'd want it all

Till she met the army colonel at the ball, that was all


Snow was falling, she didn't mind

Soldiers stood in a very straight line

Danced with Sarah one at a time, one at a time


As different as the moon and sun

Her world did not include the gun and knife

She knew he'd be a soldier all his life

She'd be his wife




Sun shone down on the beautiful bride

Soldiers stood in a very straight line

Chapel bells rang one at a time, one at a time


So when they sent him overseas

To oversee hostilities in France

They joked about him finding a new romance

He said Fat chance


The clouds were thick and the pilots were blind

His soldiers stayed in a very straight line

The bombs were screaming one at a time, one at a time


Think about me while I am gone

I had this made for you, it plays our song


A major and a telegram said deep regrets from Uncle Sam to you

He fought for us, the red, the white, the blue

His battle's through


Rain was pouring and Sarah was crying

Soldiers stood in a very straight line

Twenty one guns one at a time, one at a time


The years went past as years will do

They passed the same for her as you and I

The kids gave her grandchildren with his eyes

Blue like the skies

Sun shines down, mostly everything's fine

Sea birds fly in a very straight line

She reads his letters one at a time, one at a time


She has a music box, she winds it every day

And the music echoes down the halls, off the ceilings and the walls

She lifts her pretty face and counts the chimes


Snow was falling, she didn't mind

Soldier boys in a very straight line

Danced with Sarah one at a time


Lyrics Jay Hitt Music Jay Hitt
Producer Tom Hitt Publisher Jay Hitt
Performance Jay Hitt Label Hitt Records

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