(Music By Russell.) We Were Boys Together, And Never Can Forget The School-House Near The Heather, In Childhood Where We Met; The Humble Home To Memory Dear, Its Sorrows And Its Joys; Where Woke The Transient Smile Or Tear, When You And I Were Boys. We Were Youths Together, And Castles Built In Air, Your Heart Was Like A Feather, And Mine Weighed Down With Care; To You Came Wealth With Manhood'S Prime, To Me It Brought Alloys-- Foreshadowed In The Primrose Time. When You And I Were Boys. We're Old Men Together-- The Friends We Loved Of Yore, With Leaves Of Autumn Weather, Are Gone For Evermore. How Blest To Age The Impulse Given, The Hope Time Ne'er Destroys-- Which Led Our Thoughts From Earth To Heaven, When You And I Were Boys!