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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2004-04-08}} {{CPDLno|6918}} [http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=431 {{net}}] PDF, MIDI and LilyPond files available. | |||
* | {{Editor|Stan Sanderson|2004-04-08}}{{ScoreInfo|A4/Letter|2|57}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''I Cannot Sing the Old Songs''}} | |||
{{Composer|Charlotte Alington Barnard}} | |||
{{Lyricist|Charlotte Alington Barnard}} | |||
{{Voicing|1|Solo Soprano}} | |||
{{Genre|Secular|Folksongs}} | |||
{{Language|English}} | |||
{{Instruments|Piano}} | |||
{{Pub|1|}} | |||
{{Descr| }} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English| | |||
'''1.''' | |||
:I cannot sing the old songs, | |||
:I sung long years ago | |||
:For heart and voice would fail me, | |||
:And foolish tears would flow; | |||
:For bygone hours come o'er my heart, | |||
:with each familiar strain | |||
:I cannot sing the old songs, | |||
:Or dream those dreams again. | |||
'''2.''' | |||
:I cannot sing the old songs, | |||
:Their charm is sad and deep; | |||
:Their melodies would waken | |||
:Old sorrows from their sleep; | |||
:And though all unforgotten still, | |||
:and sadly sweet they be, | |||
:I cannot sing the old songs, | |||
:They are too dear to me. | |||
'''3.''' | |||
:I cannot sing the old songs, | |||
:For visions come again, | |||
:Of golden dreams departed | |||
:And years of weary pain; | |||
:Perhaps when earthly fetters | |||
:shall have set my spirit free, | |||
:My voice may know the old songs, | |||
:For all eternity.}} | |||
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- Editor: Stan Sanderson (submitted 2004-04-08). Score information: A4/Letter, 2 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information
Title: I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
Composer: Charlotte Alington Barnard
Lyricist: Charlotte Alington Barnard
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published:
Description:
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Original text and translations
English text
1.
I cannot sing the old songs,
I sung long years ago
For heart and voice would fail me,
And foolish tears would flow;
For bygone hours come o'er my heart,
with each familiar strain
I cannot sing the old songs,
Or dream those dreams again.
2.
I cannot sing the old songs,
Their charm is sad and deep;
Their melodies would waken
Old sorrows from their sleep;
And though all unforgotten still,
and sadly sweet they be,
I cannot sing the old songs,
They are too dear to me.
3.
I cannot sing the old songs,
For visions come again,
Of golden dreams departed
And years of weary pain;
Perhaps when earthly fetters
shall have set my spirit free,
My voice may know the old songs,
For all eternity.