Wake thee, my dear (Clara Gottschalk)

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• (Posted 2023-10-23)  CPDL #76540:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-23).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 371 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Wake thee, my dear
Composer: Clara Gottschalk
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1867 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

Wake thee, my dear–thy dreaming
Till darker hours will keep;
While such a moon is beaming,
’Tis wrong tow’rds Heav’n to sleep.

Moments there are we number,
Moments of pain and care,
Which to oblivious slumber
Gladly the wretch would spare.

But now,–who’d think of dreaming
When Love his watch should keep?
While such a moon is beaming,
’Tis wrong tow’rds Heav’n to sleep.

If e’er the fates should sever
My life and hopes from thee, love,
The sleep that lasts for ever
Would then be sweet to me, love;

But now,–away with dreaming!
Till darker hours ’twill keep;
While such a moon is beaming,
’Tis wrong tow’rds Heav’n to sleep.