The nightingale's song
Language: English
I sing to my love, the rose, With all my soul and heart, For there's naught so sweet in all the world, As to love, to love, to love. I sing to my love, the rose, And the rose sings back to me, The sweetest song that e'er will be: "For I love, I love, I love." I sing to my love, the rose, As I gaze in her deep red heart, For her heart is free for all to see, With its love, its love, its love. I sing to my love, the rose, With love for the theme of my song, For I love the rose and the rose loves me, So we love, we love, we love. I sing to my love, the rose, With all my soul and heart, For there's naught so sweet in all the world, As to love, to love, to love. I sing to my love, the rose, And the rose sings back to me, The sweetest song that e'er will be: "For I love, I love, I love."
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "The nightingale's song", op. 28 no. 4, published c1899, from Songs from Vineacre, no. 4. [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 177