possibly by William Roscoe Thayer (1859 - 1923)
Good night
Language: English
The moon is sinking fast my love, The stars now shine less bright With a heavy heart must I depart, Good night, my love, good night. Heav'n guard thee through the [early]1 hours, And speed the morning's flight. [I will]2 soon return to my heart's sojourn, Good night, my love, good night. The moon has sunk at last, my love, The stars [withhold]3 their light But [even]4 in my dreams thine eyes shall beam, Good night, my love, good night.
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2 Chadwick: "I'll"
3 Chadwick: "will hold"
4 Chadwick: "e'en"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
Note: the Barili score indicates the author as "W. R. Thayer".
1 Chadwick: "tardy"2 Chadwick: "I'll"
3 Chadwick: "will hold"
4 Chadwick: "e'en"
Text Authorship:
- possibly by William Roscoe Thayer (1859 - 1923) [author's text not yet checked 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 Alfredo Barili (1854 - 1935), "Good night", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Philadelphia, W. H. Boner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Good night", 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Three songs by Chadwick, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 84