I Cannot Sing Tonight 1852

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Feb 2004

Kind lady, ask me not to sing
the joys of other days;
chide not my muse, though she refuse
to bask in memory's rays.
I would that all my youthful joys
could vanish from my sight;
for ah! my heart is very sad:
I cannot sing tonight.

I cannot, I cannot,
cannot sing tonight;
for ah! my heart is very sad:
I cannot sing tonight.

Since last we met,
ten thousand joys have faded from our view;
the magic of our youth has fled,
our eyes have shed their dew,
Since last we met, ten thousand griefs
on me have spent their might;
But ah! my heart is very sad:
I cannot sing tonight.

I cannot, I cannot,
cannot sing tonight;
for ah! my heart is very sad:
I cannot sing tonight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Cannot Sing Tonight 1852
Poetry by Geo. F. Banister
Music by Stephen C. Foster
copyright by Stephen C. Foster Publication:
New York: Firth Pond & Co.1852
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 18 February 2004 at 15.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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The instructions on the score say 'andante con moto'
which is what I do anyway....... :-)
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