The Way Of Time

My name is Ellen Chesser I have been in time-- in life a long time now Night comes, and then it gets to be day And that is the way of time I have been in time-- in life a long time now Night comes, and then it gets to be day And that is the way of time I have been in time-- in life a long time now Night comes, and then it gets to be day And that is the way of time I have been in time-- in life a long time now Night comes, and then it gets to be day And that is the way of time Never have I seen a fountain a-goen Or learned the name of a star Or go a-washen in the ocean Never have I had a person to know all my enduren life I am Ellen Chesser I am a-growen old