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Five songs with piano accompaniment

by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962)

1. Alone
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I forgot my God for you!
  For you I lost my fame!
And now I die in lowly shame
  Without God, or fame, or you!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
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2. Home  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Two birds within one nest;
Two hearts within one breast;
Two spirits in one fair,
Firm league of love and prayer,
Together bound for aye, together blest.

An ear that waits to catch
A hand upon the latch;
A step that hastens its sweet rest to win;
A world of care without,
A world of strife shut out,
A world of love shut in.

Text Authorship:

  • by Dora Greenwell (1821 - 1882), "Home"

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3. It isn't the thing you do, dear  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
It isn't the thing you do, dear;
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts to-night.

The stone you might have lifted
Out of brother's way,
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say;
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and winsome tone,
That you had no time nor thought for,
With troubles enough of your own.

The little acts of kindness,
So easily out of mind;
Those chances to be angels
Which every one may find
They come in night and silence
Each chill, reproachful wraith
When hope is faint and flagging
And a blight has dropped on faith.

For life is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great;
To suffer our great compassion
That tarries until too late;
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun.

Text Authorship:

  • by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838 - 1912), "The Sin Of Omission"

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4. Oh, call it by some better name  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Oh, call it by some better name,
    For Friendship sounds too cold,
While Love is now a worldly flame,
    Whose shrine must be of gold:
And Passion, like the sun at noon,
    That burns o'er all he sees,
Awhile as warm will set as soon--
    Then call it none of these.

Imagine something purer far,
    More free from stain of clay
Than Friendship, Love, or Passion are,
    Yet human, still as they:
And if thy lip, for love like this,
    No mortal word can frame,
Go, ask of angels what it is,
    And call it by that name!

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), no title

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5. Surf Song  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
My little one, come and listen
    To the calling of the sea'
And watch how the wet sands glisten
    Where the surf has left them free'
As thou and the wind together,
    Shall frolic along the strand;
Thy feet as light as a feather
    Will hardly dent the sand'

Unwind the veils that enfold thee'
    Thou never wast shy with me;
The sea will rejoice to hold thee'
    The stars will delight to see'
The beauty thou shalt discover
    Oh, Morning Star of my heart'
Will dazzle even thy lover
    Who knows how fair thou art!

Text Authorship:

  • by Adela Florence Nicolson (1865 - 1904), as Laurence Hope, "Surf Song"

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Total word count: 472
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