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by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher

Because
Language: English 
Because, you come to me,
with naught save love,
and hold my hand and lift mine eyes above,
a wider world of hope and joy I see,
because you come to me!
Because you speak to me in accent sweet,
I find the roses waking `round my feet,
and I am led through tears and joy to thee,
because you speak to me!
Because God made thee mine,
I'll cherish thee,
through light and darkness through all time to be,
and pray His love may make our love divine,
because God made thee mine!

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher [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 Helen Rhodes (1858 - 1936), as Guy d'Hardelot, "Because", published 1902 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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