Gray days are your gray eyes,
Gold days your hair;
Come storm or shine to me,
All days are fair.
Raindrops are your fond tears,
Sad for awhile,
But when the rainbow comes,
That is your smile.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), as Noel Johnson, "Gray Days", copyright © 1909 [ voice and piano ], London : Chappell & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
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