Toyland - Victor Herbert

When you’ve grown up, my dears

And are as old as I

You’ll often ponder on the years

That roll so swiftly by

My dears, that roll so swiftly by

And of the many lands

You will have journeyed through

You’ll oft recall

The best of all

The land your childhood knew

Your childhood knew

Toyland!

Toyland!

Little girl and boy land

While you dwell within it, you are ever happy then

Childhood’s joyland

Mystic merry Toyland

Once you pass its borders, you can ne’er return again

When you’ve grown up, my dears

There comes a dreary day

When 'mid the locks of black appears

The first pale gleam of gray

My dears, the first pale gleam of gray

Then of the past you’ll dream

As gray-haired grown-ups do

And seek once more

Its phantom shore

The land your childhood knew

Your childhood knew

Toyland!

Toyland!

Little girl and boy land

While you dwell within it, you are ever happy then

Childhood’s joyland

Mystic merry Toyland

Once you pass its borders, you can ne’er return again