Three songs : words translated from Heine , opus 1

by Garnet Wolseley Cox

1. 'Twas in the glorious month of May  [sung text not yet checked]

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'Twas in the glorious month of May,
When all the buds were blowing,
I felt -- ah me, how sweet it was! --
Love in my heart a-growing.

'Twas in the glorious month of May,
When all the birds were quiring,
In burning words I told her all
My yearning, my aspiring.

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2. Since my love now loves me not  [sung text not yet checked]

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Since my love now loves me not,
How to laugh I have forgot;
Jests no more my [griefs]1 beguile,
For I cannot, cannot smile.
 
Since my love now loves me not,
How to weep I have forgot;
Broken is my heart with woe,
But my tears refuse to flow.

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1 Allitsen: "grief"

3. Butterfly is in love with the rose  [sung text not yet checked]

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The Butterfly is in love with the Rose
    And hovers around her alway,
But a golden Sunbeam loves him again,
    And flutters around him all day.
 
But tell me, with whom is the Rose in love?
    That would I know soonest by far;
Or is it the singing Nightingale?
    Or the silent Evening Star?
 
I know not with whom is the Rose in love;
    But I love you all as ye are:
The Butterfly, Sunbeam, and Nightingale,
    The Rose, and the Evening Star.

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