TOBACCO LEAVES 



Chorus 



I watched the ashes as it came 



Fast drawing to the end, 

 I watched it as a friend would watch 



Beside a dying friend; 

 But still the flame crept slowly on, 



It vanished into air, 

 I threw it from me, spare the tale, 



It was my last cigar. 



Chorus 



I've seen the land of all I love 



Fade in the distance dim, 

 I've watched above the blighted heart, 



Where once proud hope hath been; 

 But I've never known a sorrow 



That could with that compare, 

 When off the blue Canary Isles 



I smoked my last cigar. 



Chorus 



