The Song Of Songs - 1914

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 24 Jan 2002

Do you recall that night in June
when first we met?
Do you remember, love,
the words we spoke?
Have you forgotten
all the tender vows we made
In the silent,
magical moonbeams' light?
Gone are the golden dreams
with summer roses,
And all our tenderest vows
were made but to be broken.
Song of songs, song of memory,
And broken melody of love and life,
Never more to me
Can that melody
Fill the heart with the joy once it knew.
O night of bliss, night of June and love,
Beneath the stars, amid the roses,
O dream of delight that faded at dawn,
O song of songs,
O night of bliss,
When you were my whole world of love.
I hear the nightingale
within that garden fair
Sing as we sang when you were by my side;
I see your eyes reveal
the love no words can tell,
And I know 'twas destiny made you mine
Why should the robin sing
when you are vanished,
And ev'ry blossoming flow'r
outlive our dearest vows?
O Song of songs, song of memory,
And broken melody of love and life,
Never more to me
Can that melody
Fill the heart with the joy once it knew.
O night of bliss, night of June and love,
Beneath the stars, amid the roses,
O dream of delight that faded at dawn,
O song of songs,
O night of bliss,
When you were my whole world of love.
When you were my whole world of love,
of Love.

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The Song of Songs 1914
Music by Moya
English words by
Clarence Lucas
copyright 1914 by Chappell-Harms Inc., 185 Madison Ave.
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Thursday 24 Jan 2002 at 11.40
in association with Doug Grierson
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