Say, o say! saith the music
Music: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) · Words: Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930)
I love my lady's eyes Above the beauties rare
She most is wont to prize, Above her sunny
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The words
I love my lady's eyes Above the beauties rare
She most is wont to prize, Above her sunny
hair,
And all that face to face her glass repeats of
grace.
For those are still the same To her and all that
see:
but oh! her eyes will flame when they do look on
me:
And so above the rest I love her eyes the best.
Now say, say, o say! saith the music who likes
my song? I knew you by your eyes,
That rest on nothing long, And have forgot
surprise;
And stray, stray, oh stray! saith the music!
As mine will stray,
the while my love's away.
About this song
- Music
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1897, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:42
- Its source files it as
- 3 Songs of Robert Bridges, Op.43
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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