I love my love (William F. Sudds)
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- 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.”