My bark of life was drifting down the troubled stream of time
When first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime
Oh I’ll never forget you wherever I roam wherever you may be
If ever I have had a friend you’ve been that friend to me
Misfortune nursed me as a child and loved me fondly too
I would have had a broken heart had it not have been for you
I now look back upon the past across life’s troubled sea
And smile to think thru all I’ve seen you’ve been a friend to me