The Plane Tree - 'Serse'

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousoins, Opera Australia - 29 Jan 2002

O ye leaves so fair and tender,
of my well belovèd planetree,
Good fortune smile ever on you!

Thunder, Lightning and Tempest!
Venture not
to disturb that peaceful beauty!
Nay, never come ye near it!
Hence, with your bluster!

O friendly tree!
Nowhere the world around
Shade such as thine is found
to comfort me!
O friendly tree!
Nowhere the world around
Shade such as thine is found!
To comfort me!
No! not the world around
O friendly tree!

Not all the wide world round
Shade such as thine is found;
so dear to me,
so dear to me!

Soft karaoke
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Ombra Mai Fu 18C Handel
(The Plane Tree)
Music by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
English Words by Louis Lavater
copyright Allan and Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Tuesday 29 Jan 2002 at 09.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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