Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.4524 Composed by Arthur Baker. Time, Love, Human life cycle, Marriage. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4524). Silver Threads Were Golden Then. Song and Chorus. Words by Edward Earnest. Music by Arthur Baker. Published 1875 by John Church & Co. in Cincinnati. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Time, Love, Human life cycle, Marriage. First line reads Lay your gentle hand in mine, loving eyes with beauty shine.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.