Author: John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)
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- A day of June has return'd once more (A day of June has return'd once more)
- A day of June has return'd once more (A day of June has return'd once more)
- Ah! thou know'st, sweet, all mine anguish CAT DUT FRE GER ITA RUS SPA (Devotion)
- Ah woe is me, unhappy man! for I've nought: no lands, no money CAT DUT FRE ITA (Ah woe is me, unhappy man!)
- Ah woe is me, unhappy man! (Ah woe is me, unhappy man! for I've nought: no lands, no money) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- All Souls' Day (Place at my side the purple glowing heather) CAT DUT DUT FRE GRE ITA POR SPA SPA FRE
- And all for half-a-crown (The maid would fain a lover find) DUT FRE
- Angels' vigil (The day at last is ended) FRE
- An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen... (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen) DUT GER ITA
- An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen DUT GER ITA (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen...)
- Anthem (Jacob! thy lost son, behold) CAT FRE
- A ray of golden sunlight calm (A ray of golden sunlight calm) FRE
- A ray of golden sunlight calm FRE (A ray of golden sunlight calm)
- A star shone brightly in azure height (The Star of Bethlehem)
- At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber FRE RUS FRE (Song of the elves)
- At times a dream comes o'er us FRE FRE (Christmas-Cheer)
- Autumn leaves (Songs whose strains are long forgotten) - Hans Hermann
- A youth pass'd by the garden-gate (A youth pass'd by the garden-gate)
- A youth pass'd by the garden-gate (A youth pass'd by the garden-gate)
- Baby, don't fret you! (Wine soup. A nursery rhyme)
- Becalmed (Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean) CAT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE ITA RUS RUS
- Bee-Song (In the grove, with odours teeming)
- Behold, I'm a harp here (Behold, I'm a harp here) FRE
- Behold, I'm a harp here FRE (Behold, I'm a harp here)
- Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet FRE ITA (The violet)
- Brooklet and tears (Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade) GER
- Calme de mer (Un profond silence règne) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN ITA RUS RUS
- Christmas-Cheer (At times a dream comes o'er us) FRE FRE
- Christmas (Hark! The herald host is singing)
- Come, sweet babe, cease playing (Slumber song)
- Consolation (Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be?) DUT GER
- Could I once again caress thee (Could I once again caress thee)
- Could I once again caress thee (Could I once again caress thee)
- Cradle Song (Soft nest in the willow)
- Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing (Luck)
- Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be? DUT GER (Consolation)
- Day of my Life-Tide (Day of my Life-Tide!)
- Day of my Life-Tide! (Day of my Life-Tide)
- Dear Granny in the garden sits - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (With Granny)
- Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming FRE (Deep in a garden)
- Deep in a garden (Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming) FRE
- Departure (The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill) FRE
- Devotion (Ah! thou know'st, sweet, all mine anguish) CAT DUT FRE GER ITA RUS SPA
- Down from her nest a wild dove flew DUT GER GER ITA (The forsaken lassie)
- En cheminant (Je parcours les vastes prairies) ENG
- Ere we part, love, kiss me ... (Ere we part, love, kiss me) GER GER ITA
- Ere we part, love, kiss me GER GER ITA (Ere we part, love, kiss me ...)
- Evening song () - Hans Hermann FRE [x]
- Forest-Solitude (Woodlands so fair!) FRE
- Four prancing white steeds CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA (I love but thee)
- From the forest-trees the night CAT DUT FRE ITA RUS (Night)
- Hark! The herald host is singing (Christmas)
- Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree (Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree)
- Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree (Hark! yonder far 'neath the greenwood tree)
- Hoping, yet ever despairing (Hoping, yet ever despairing) CAT DUT FRE
- Hoping, yet ever despairing CAT DUT FRE (Hoping, yet ever despairing)
- I came unto a meadow, the setting sun still shone (The solitary piper)
- I came unto a meadow (The solitary piper)
- I found her hid in rosy bow'r CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA (The Rose Chain)
- I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid (Woeful tale)
- I lay a wreath, with trembling hand - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (The children's thanks)
- I love but thee, nor can I flee that love FRE (I love but thee)
- I love but thee (Four prancing white steeds) CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
- I love but thee (I love but thee, nor can I flee that love) FRE
- In the grove, with odours teeming (Bee-Song)
- I stand and linger where first I met him (I stand and linger where first I met him)
- I stand and linger where first I met him (I stand and linger where first I met him)
- I stand and wait, gaze down the lane (I stand and wait)
- I stand and wait (I stand and wait, gaze down the lane)
- I went along the road that lonely lay CAT DUT FRE ITA POL (Longing)
- Jacob! thy lost son, behold CAT FRE (Anthem)
- Je parcours les vastes prairies ENG (En cheminant)
- Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow CAT CZE DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS FRE FRE FRE GER RUS (Mignon)
- Lads and lassies gay DUT GER GER (Ringlet and wreathlet)
- Lilies and roses (O'er the spreading meads I wander) FRE
- Longing Hearts (Over mountain and dale went a youth, in spring) CAT DUT FRE
- Longing (I went along the road that lonely lay) CAT DUT FRE ITA POL
- Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee FRE (Prayer)
- Luck (Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing)
- Mignon (Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow) CAT CZE DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS FRE FRE FRE GER RUS
- My heart, so sad and silent now CAT DUT FRE (My heart, so sad)
- My heart, so sad (My heart, so sad and silent now) CAT DUT FRE
- My lover's shy, almost to sadness! FRE GER - Joseph Marx (The shy lover)
- Night (From the forest-trees the night) CAT DUT FRE ITA RUS
- Nought (So, you want me to name my) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- O'er the spreading meads I wander FRE (Lilies and roses)
- O let me kiss thine eye, sweet
- Once my heart I bore in hand FRE (The compassionate lassie)
- Over mountain and dale went a youth, in spring CAT DUT FRE (Longing Hearts)
- Place at my side the purple glowing heather CAT DUT DUT FRE GRE ITA POR SPA SPA FRE (All Souls' Day)
- Prayer (Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee) FRE
- Pride of my heart, its crown, its joy, thou art a golden treasure CAT DUT FRE ITA (Pride of my heart)
- Pride of my heart (Pride of my heart, its crown, its joy, thou art a golden treasure) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- Ringlet and wreathlet (Lads and lassies gay) DUT GER GER
- Roaming alone by the seaside dreary (Roaming alone by the seaside dreary)
- Roaming alone by the seaside dreary (Roaming alone by the seaside dreary)
- Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters! (Solitude)
- Rosmarine or lily DUT GER (The modest lassie)
- Santa Claus (The Christmas Bells are ringing clear)
- Say wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble? CAT DUT FRE (Say wherefore vainly . . .)
- Say wherefore vainly . . . (Say wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble?) CAT DUT FRE
- She rose full early at break of day CAT DUT DUT FRE (The faithful lassie)
- Show thy verdure, waving grass green by the purpling heather! DUT GER GER ITA (Show thy verdure...)
- Show thy verdure, waving grass DUT GER GER ITA (Show thy verdure...)
- Show thy verdure... (Show thy verdure, waving grass) DUT GER GER ITA
- Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean CAT DUT FIN FRE FRE FRE ITA RUS RUS (Becalmed)
- Sir Spring once more is come to town CAT DUT FRE ITA (Sir Spring)
- Sir Spring (Sir Spring once more is come to town) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended (Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended)
- Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended (Slowly to yonder church my steps I wended)
- Slumber song (Come, sweet babe, cease playing)
- Small our hamlet by the riverside, love GER GER ITA (Small our hamlet ...)
- Small our hamlet ... (Small our hamlet by the riverside, love) GER GER ITA
- Soft nest in the willow (Cradle Song)
- Solitude (Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters!)
- Song of the elves (At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber) FRE RUS FRE
- Songs whose strains are long forgotten - Hans Hermann (Autumn leaves)
- So, you want me to name my CAT DUT FRE ITA (Nought)
- Speed thee, swallow... (Speed thee, swallow) DUT DUT GER
- Speed thee, swallow DUT DUT GER (Speed thee, swallow...)
- Spring's sweet buds now have burst into blossom CAT DUT FRE ITA (Voices of Spring)
- Stay with us! our playmates await but our call FRE (The elves)
- Strands, love's colours wearing (Strands)
- Strands (Strands, love's colours wearing)
- The Angel's Love‑Message (The moonlight now has paled and vanish'd) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- The captured bride (Went a maiden fair amaying) DUT GER
- The children's thanks (I lay a wreath, with trembling hand) - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
- The Christmas Bells are ringing clear (Santa Claus)
- The compassionate lassie (Once my heart I bore in hand) FRE
- The coy one () - Hans Hermann FRE ITA RUS [x]
- The day at last is ended FRE (Angels' vigil)
- The elves (Stay with us! our playmates await but our call) FRE
- The faithful lassie (She rose full early at break of day) CAT DUT DUT FRE
- The forsaken lassie (Down from her nest a wild dove flew) DUT GER GER ITA
- The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill FRE (Departure)
- The Georgina (Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina?) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight (The Horae)
- The Horae (The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight)
- The maid would fain a lover find DUT FRE (And all for half-a-crown)
- The merry dance is o'er (The merry dance is o'er)
- The merry dance is o'er (The merry dance is o'er)
- The modest lassie (Rosmarine or lily) DUT GER
- The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er (The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er)
- The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er (The moonbeams silver the landscape o'er)
- The moonlight now has paled and vanish'd CAT DUT FRE ITA (The Angel's Love‑Message)
- The night is dark and the tempest roars (The night is dark and the tempest roars)
- The night is dark and the tempest roars (The night is dark and the tempest roars)
- The pleading rose (There was a bonnie lass) DUT GER ITA
- There was a bonnie lass DUT GER ITA (The pleading rose)
- The Rose Chain (I found her hid in rosy bow'r) CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
- The shy lover (My lover's shy, almost to sadness!) - Joseph Marx FRE GER
- The solitary piper (I came unto a meadow)
- The Star of Bethlehem (A star shone brightly in azure height)
- The violet (Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet) FRE ITA
- The waves (Who shall detain us) - Hans Hermann
- Thou sleepst and I bend me o'er thee, sweet CAT DUT FRE (To my baby)
- Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade GER (Brooklet and tears)
- To-morrow's sun will rise in glory beaming CAT DUT DUT FRE ITA ITA SPA SPA (To-Morrow!)
- To-Morrow! (To-morrow's sun will rise in glory beaming) CAT DUT DUT FRE ITA ITA SPA SPA
- To my baby (Thou sleepst and I bend me o'er thee, sweet) CAT DUT FRE
- Un profond silence règne CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN ITA RUS RUS (Calme de mer)
- Up, lift now the sparkling gold cup to the lip, and drink! CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA
- Voices of Spring (Spring's sweet buds now have burst into blossom) CAT DUT FRE ITA
- Watch, love, else some fine day GER GER (Watch, Love...)
- Watch, Love... (Watch, love, else some fine day) GER GER
- Went a maiden fair amaying DUT GER (The captured bride)
- When all sails are sleeping (When all sails are sleeping) FRE
- When all sails are sleeping FRE (When all sails are sleeping)
- Wherefore so late, say, sweet Georgina? CAT DUT FRE ITA (The Georgina)
- Who shall detain us - Hans Hermann (The waves)
- Wine soup. A nursery rhyme (Baby, don't fret you!)
- With Granny (Dear Granny in the garden sits) - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
- Woeful tale (I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid)
- Woodlands so fair! FRE (Forest-Solitude)
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