Neglected Moon! Romance and you Are not in fashion now. These moderns have no time to woo And dare not risk a vow. In good Victoria's ampler day, By parks or village greens, What fervent whiskers caught your ray, What bashful crinolines! In vain do you, with all your stars, Make wood or river bright; For lovers now rush by in cars, And use electric light. Yet now for once I'll dare to say That, though we scorn the Past, Perhaps the world was quite as gay Before it went so fast.
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Text Authorship:
- by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962), appears in Midsummer Madness, Mrs Pascal's song, first published 1924 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Neglected Moon!", op. 51 (Four Songs From Musical Play "Midsummer Madness") no. 1 (1924), published 1924, first performed 1924 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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