Secret Words: A Suite of Six Songs

Song Cycle by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999)

1. Once a lady was here
 (Sung text)

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Once a lady was here
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2. In the woods
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In the woods she hears a bird
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3. April Fool Baby
 (Sung text)

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It seems to be a note to she the sweet sweetie
But actually it's April Fool to tender she
My sweetie 
April fun of fool which is me for my sweetie

Dear April which made she to be
All to he 
April Fool to his sweetie which is she
Tenderly excessively sweetily
My April Fool baby

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4. Farther from the heart  [sung text not yet checked]

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Oh, I'm sad for never knowing courage
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5. My Sister's hand in mine
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I dreamed I climbed upon a cliff
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6. Secret words
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For within your face I saw the night
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Total word count: 523