How Can I keep from Crying

(Tune: How Can I Keep From Singing)
Victoria Bestock, Mendocino 2000

Photos by Paul Bestock: click on any photo to enlarge

We've had a week of dancing bliss The music's now abating I think of all I'm going to miss It's truly devastating

And as we dance the final set With cheerful hugs goodbying And part from dear friends that we've met How can I keep from crying

The pub night jokes alarmed some folks Filled them with racy notions We learned "Swing low Sweet Chariot" With appropriate motions

And at the auction everyone Exravagantly buying How can I leave all of this fun How can I keep from crying

With music grand and loving friends It is a great temptation To just stay here until next year Extending our vacation

You say you'll come again next year I know you are not lying But work and plans may interfere How can I keep from crying

Our memories are of dancing friends And music's magic potion Of canyon walls and waterfalls And sunsets on the ocean

Now all our friends will go I guess To their homes they'll be hieing And I am left with lonliness How can I keep from crying