Vernon Handley & Robert Tear - Elgar: Songs Op. 59 - Was it Some Golden Star! | Текст песни

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• Elgar: Songs Op. 59 - Was it Some Golden Star!

Gilbert Parker (1862-1932), "Was it some golden star?", from Embers, published 1894

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), "Was it some Golden Star?", op. 59 no. 5 (1909-10), published 1910, first performed 1910. [voice and piano or orchestra]

Once in another land,
Ages ago,
You were a queen, and I,
I loved you so:
Where was it that we loved -
Ah, do you know?

Was it some golden star
Hot with romance?
Was it in Malabar,
Italy, France?
Did we know Charlemagne,
Dido, perchance?

But you were a queen, and I
Fought for you then:
How did you honour me
More than all men!
Kissed me upon the lips;
Kiss me again.

Have you forgotten it,
All that we said?
I still remember though
Ages have fled.
Whisper the word of life,
"Love is not dead."

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