Fair House of Joy - 1908 - Quilter Op 12 No 7

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia

Fain would I change that note
To which fond Love hath charm'd me
Long, long to sing by rote,
Fancying that that harm'd me:
Yet when this thought doth come
"Love, Love is the perfect sum
Of all delight,"
I have no other choice
Either for pen or voice
To sing or write.

O Love! They wrong thee much
That say thy sweet is bitter,
When thy rich fruit is such
As no thing can be sweeter,
Fair house of joy and bliss,
Where truest, where truest pleasure is,
I do adore thee:
I know thee what thou art,
I serve thee with my heart,
And fall before thee,
And fall before thee.

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Fair House Of Joy 1908
Music by Roger Quilter Op 12 No 7
Words Anon XVI Centruy
copyright 1908 by Boosey and Co.
copyright renewed 1936 in USA by Boosey and Co Ltd
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Wednesday 09 Jan 2002 at 08.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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