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| Text: | Farewell to May |
| Tune: | [Oh! must I leave our Lady's altar] |
| Composer: | F. Longs |
1 Oh, must I leave our Lady's altar,
Where oft I've found such sweet delight?
My sad adieux must I now falter,
Must joys so pure now wing their flight?
Chorus:
Farewell, sweet month, sweet month of flow'rs.
Farewell, lov'd shrine, thou dear retreat;
But ere have fled these happy hours.
My heart I'll leave at Mary's feet.
Farewell, farewell.
2 How sweet to sing my Mother's praises,
And breathe to her my loving sighs!
So fondly on me then she gazes,
So softly beam her star-like eyes. [Chorus]
3 Ah! while my love to thee I'm singing,
To die this hour would be so sweet,
Like those spring flowers, perfumes flinging,
That bloom and languish at thy feet? [Chorus]
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Oh! must I leave our Lady's altar |
| Title: | Farewell to May |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1880 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [Oh! must I leave our Lady's altar] |
| Composer: | F. Longs |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
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