A rose lyric (James Hotchkiss Rogers)

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• (Posted 2023-12-04)  CPDL #77819:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-04).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 406 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: A rose lyric
Composer: James Hotchkiss Rogers
Lyricist: Frank Dempster Sherman
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1905 Rand, McNally & Company
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Rose in the garden-close,
Why, when the light wind blows,
Why do you bend your head?
Why do your cheeks grow red?
Rose, my sweet,— Rose at my feet,
Tell me!

What does the soft gale say
Whispering low all day,—
Kissing your lips a-bloom,
Answering back perfume?
Rose, my sweet,— Rose at my feet,
Tell me!

Tell me that I may woo
Her as the wind woos you;
What are the words that start
Blushes from your sweet heart?
Rose, my sweet,— Rose at my feet,
Tell me!

Rose, of all roses, queen,
Budding at seventeen,
Place the flower near your lip,
Then, if the secret slip,
Rose, my sweet,— Rose, at your feet,
Tell me!