by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
God bless and keep thee
Language: English
I know not if thy love be as a flower in autumn, and has faded now from me I know not, if I came now as of yore, You would greet me I can but pray: "God bless and keep thee, God bless and keep thee, keep thee, my love for [e'er and e'er]1." I know not if thy love be as a fortress And has withstood all other loves for me I only know my love for thee is changeless I still love thee Each day I pray: "God bless and keep thee, God bless and keep thee, keep thee, my love for [e'er and e'er]1."
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1 Ives: in the score, in brackets underneath: "aye and aye"
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
1 Ives: in the score, in brackets underneath: "aye and aye"
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "God bless and keep thee", 1897?, from the collection Eleven Songs and Two Harmonizations, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 107