by Arthur Leslie Salmon (1865 - 1952)
A memory
Language: English
Each night beside my bed My mother sang so tenderly and low, While I with snuggling head Floated away on slumber's quiet flow, -- There are no songs like hers of long ago. Each night until I slept A little while beside my bed she stayed; And then away she crept While through the fields of wonderland I strayed. There are no prayers like those my mother prayed.
Confirmed with Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg: Winnipeg Free Press Company Ltd., 1934. Appears in issue for Tuesday, November 27, 1934, page 11.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Leslie Salmon (1865 - 1952), "A memory" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Percy Lee Atherton (1871 - 1944), "A memory" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ann Hamerton , "A memory", published 1951 [voice and piano], London: Augener [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-17
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