Love me little, love me long (Henry Lahee)
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- (Posted 2023-11-07) CPDL #77058:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 394 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Love me little, love me long
Composer: Henry Lahee
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1871 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song,
Love that is too hot and strong
Burneth soon to waste.
Still, I would not have thee cold,
Not too backward, nor too bold;
Love that lasteth till ’tis old,
Fadeth not in haste.
Winter’s cold, or summer’s heat,
Autumn’s tempests on it beat,
It can never know defeat,
It never can rebel.
Such the love the love that I would gain,
Such the love, I tell thee plain,
Such the love, I tell thee plain,
Thou must give, or woo in vain.
So to thee farewell!
The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861)