Forget me not (Solomon W. Straub)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78116:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 525 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Forget me not
Composer: Solomon W. Straub
Lyricist: Maria Straub
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1898 S. W. Straub & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

“Forget me not,” how sadly sweet
It falls upon the ear;
It tells the parting hour has come
And asks affection’s tear.
O who would bid adieu to friends
Again they ne’er may see,
And know that through the lonely years
They must forgotten be?

Forget me not,
How sweet, how sadly sweet.
’Tis ours, the fond and tender prayer,
Till we in heaven shall meet.

“Forget me not, though fortune frown
And kindly friends should fail,
O tenderly, oft think of me
Within the lowly vale,”
Be this the prayer that I may heed,
Though bitter scorn deride;
The heart that breathes of want and woe
May never be denied.

Forget-me-not, a beauteous flower,
It grows upon the grave;
Its form the gentle winds caress
And pearly dewdrops lave.
The parting words of loved ones dear,
Beyond the silent tomb,
Still come to us in incense rare,
In lovely fragrant bloom.

Forget me not, in memory sweet
Falls gently on the ear;
A goodly promise we renew
And seal it with a tear.
this last fond prayer of parting friends
Unuttered or expressed,
Will ever find an echo sweet
Within a loving breast.