In a garden of roses
W. Sanderson
Baritone
In a garden of roses, maiden mine,
I laid my heart at thy holy shrine,
And a songbird sang on a bough above
As your lips met mine and you told your love.
The sunlight haloed your golden hair,
And crown'd you Queen of that garden fair.
But that you lov'd me and I lov'd you
Only the radiant roses knew.
Soprano
But that you lov'd me and I lov'd you
Only the radiant roses knew.
Baritone
Thy voice! To me seeming as tho' thou wert near.
Soprano
No, love, 'tis no dreaming, I am here, I am here.
Ah! In a garden of roses long ago
I look'd in your eyes in the sunlight glow,
And my heart leapt up like a bird that's free,
And I dwelt in a world of love with thee.
The south winds waft o'er that garden fair
The words that you spoke as you wandered there.
Both
But that you lov'd me and I lov'd you
Only the radiant roses knew.
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Soprano
| Ah, love, I waited
| With longing tears
| For thee, unmated
| Through weary years.
| Ah Love! Ah Love!
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Baritone
| Loveless and lonely
| My prayer has been
| E'er for thee only,
| My Queen, My Queen.
Both
But that you lov'd me and I lov'd you
Only the radiant roses knew.
Ah Love!