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Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1869 – May 8, 1926) was a U.S. playwright, songwriter, and librettist. In her career, Young wrote nearly thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Her lyrics included "Mother Machree", "Italian Street Song", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone", and "Will You Remember?" Young was born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. She was an actress early in her career with both the Viola Allen and E. H. Sothern Broadway (New York) companies before working for the music publisher Isidore Witmark. As a playwright, her first work, Lord Byron, was produced in 1900 by actor-producer James Young, whom she later married.)

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Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

AH! sweet mystery of life, at last I've found thee;
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all;
All the longing, striving, seeking, waiting, yearning,
The burning hopes, the joys and idle tears that fall!

For 'tis love, and love alone, the world is seeking;
And it's love, and love alone, that can reply;
'Tis the answer, ti's the end and all of living,
For it is love alone that rules for aye!

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