An African Love Song

"An African Love Song" is a song by Ethelbert Nevin setting a text by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Date: 1901Composer: Ethelbert NevinText: Paul Laurence Dunbar

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An African Love Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

My heart to thy heart,
My hand to thine;
My lip to thy lips,
Kisses are wine
Brewed for the lover in sunshine and shade;
Let me drink deep, then, my African maid.

Lily to lily,
Rose unto rose;
My love to thy love
Tenderly grows.
Rend not the oak and the ivy in twain,
Nor the swart maid from her swarthier swain.

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An African Love Song

Composer(s): Ethelbert Nevin

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