I love my love (William F. Sudds)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78134:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 516 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: I love my love
Composer: William F. Sudds
Lyricist: Charles Mackay
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1883 W. F. Sudds
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Original text and translations

English text

HAPPY LOVE

What is the meaning of the song
That rings so clear and loud,
Thou nightingale amid the copse–
Thou lark above the cloud?
What says thy song, thou joyous thrush,
Up in the walnut tree?
“I love my love , because I know
My love loves me.”

What is the meaning of thy thought,
O maiden fair and young?
There is such pleasure in thine eyes,
Such music on thy tongue,
There is such glory on thy face–
What can the meaning be?
“I love my love, because I know
My love loves me.”

O happy words! at Beauty’s feet
We sing them ere our prime;
And when the early summers pass,
And Care comes on with Time,
Still be it ours, in Care’s despite,
To join the chorus free–
“I love my love, because I know
My love loves me.”