Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here;
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!
How like the hopes of childhood’s day
Thick clust’ring on the bough!
How like those hopes in their decay
How faded are they now!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!

Withered leaves, withered leaves, that fly before the gale:
Withered leaves, withered leaves, ye tell a mournful tale
Of love once true, and friends once kind
And happy moments fled:
Dispersed by ev’ry breath of wind
Forgotten, changed, or dead!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here!
Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!