You've Been a Friend to Me

My barque of life was tossing down The troubled stream of time Since first I saw your smiling face And youth was in its prime Oh, I'll ne'er forget, where'er I roam Where ever you may be If ever I have had a friend You have been that friend to me Misfortune nursed me as her child And loved me fondly, too I would have had a broken heart Had it not been for you Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam Where ever you may be If ever I have had a friend You have been that friend to me Now I look back upon the past Across life's troubled sea And smile to think 'mid all life's scenes You've been a friend to me Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam Where ever you may be If ever I have had a friend You have been that friend to me Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam Where ever you may be If ever I have had a friend You have been that friend to me