Oh! No, We Never Mention Her 1828

James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 26 Aug 2004

Oh! No, We Never Mention Her;
her name is never heard
my lips are now forbid to name
that once familiar word.
From sport to sport they hurry me
to banish my regret
and when they win a smile from me
they think that I forget.

They bid me seek a change of scene
the charms that others see
but were I in a foreign land
they'd find no change in me
'Tis true that I behold no more
the valley where we met
I do not see the hawthorn tree
but how can I forget.

They say that she is happy now
the gayest of the gay.
They hint that she forgets me
I heed not what they say.
Like me perhaps she struggles
with each feeling of regret
but if she loved as I have loved
she never can forget.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Oh! No, We Never Mention Her 1828
A Ballad from Bayley's Melodies of Various Nations.
Arranged for the Pianoforte, with accompaniments,
composed and sung by Wm. Taylor of New York.
© 1828 according to Act of Congress,
the twenty-second day of February 1828,
by Edward Riley of The State of New York.
*
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 26 August 2004 at 14.27
in association with Doug Grierson
*