Deep As The Sea 1924 'Our Nell'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 09 Jul 2003

The love of which you poets sing,
'tis but a cold and lifeless thing,
of scented flow'rs and shady bow'rs,
and happy hours of bliss!
You chant again the old refrain;
a pair of lovers in a lane,
a moonlight pale, a nightingale,
a glance, a sigh, a kiss!
Yet love is more than this!

Deep as the sea!
Fearless and free!
Born at the dawn of the world!
Stronger than duty!
Brave with the beauty
of a banner unfurled!
Cruel as hate!
Fiercer than fate!
Soft as the wings of a dove!
Sunshine and splendour!
Perfect surrender!
Ah! That alone is Love!

To poets love, perchance, may seem
the garden of a maiden's dream,
where blooms the rose,
and lilac grows,
and nothing goes amiss!
Where passion, like a pale dim star,
gleams through the twilight, faint, afar,
and all the fire of heart's desire
shall kindle to a kiss!
Ah! Love is more than this!

Deep as the sea!
Fearless and free!
Born at the dawn of the world!
Stronger than duty!
Brave with the beauty
of a banner unfurled!
Cruel as hate!
Fiercer than fate!
Soft as the wings of a dove!
Sunshine and splendour!
Perfect surrender!
Ah! That alone is Love!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Deep As The Sea 1924
Music by H. Fraser-Simson
Lyrics by Harry Graham
from "Our Nell"
copyright MCMXXIV by Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crewe
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 09 July 2003 at 09.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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