Neglected Moon! Romance and you Are not in fashion now. These moderns have no time to woo And dare not risk a vow. In good Victoria's ampler day, By parks or village greens, What fervent whiskers caught your ray, What bashful crinolines! In vain do you, with all your stars, Make wood or river bright; For lovers now rush by in cars, And use electric light. Yet now for once I'll dare to say That, though we scorn the Past, Perhaps the world was quite as gay Before it went so fast.
Four Songs From Musical Play "Midsummer Madness" , opus 51
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
1. Neglected Moon!  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), appears in Midsummer Madness, Mrs Pascal's song, first published 1924
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry2. Arrogant Poppies  [sung text checked 1 time]
Though people more wise May laugh me to scorn, At least I was gay From the hour I was born. Just like the wind On a midsummer morn Teasing the poppies, The arrogant poppies, Teasing the poppies That peer from the corn. What lovers I've seen, What vows they have sworn, I listened, I laughed And I left them forlorn; Just like the wind On a midsummer morn Teasing the poppies, The arrogant poppies, Teasing the poppies That peer from the corn.
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- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), no title, appears in Midsummer Madness, Columbine's Song, first published 1924
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry3. The chains of love
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- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), from the play for music, Midsummer Madness, first published 1924
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4. The rejected lover  [sung text checked 1 time]
Hear me, you hollyhocks; You dark delphiniums, hear! From now, from now, henceforth, I vow I'll hold no woman dear. What do we find in love? At best a pleasing pain. O, 'tis a snare and I do swear Never to love again. Others may play the fool And learn what passion brings, But I, set free, shall laugh to see Their honey-captured wings.
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- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), appears in Midsummer Madness, first published 1924
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