Nightingale's Song

"Nightingale's Song" is a song by Ethelbert Nevin with text by Alvin Hovey King. "Nightingale's Song" is the fourth song of Nevin's song collection Songs from Vineacre, Op. 28.

Date: 1900Composer: Ethelbert NevinText: Alvin Hovey-KingSong Collection: Songs from Vineacre, Op. 28

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The Nightingale’s Song
by Alvin Hovey-King

I sing to my love, the rose,
With all my soul and heart,
For there’s naught so sweet in all the world,
As to love, to love, to love.

I sing to my love, the rose,
And the rose sings back to me,
The sweetest song that e’er will be:
“For I love, I love, I love.”

I sing to my love, the rose,
As I gaze in her deep red heart,
For her heart is free for all to see,
With its love, its love, its love.

I sing to my love, the rose,
With love for the theme of my song,
For I love the rose and the rose loves me,
So we love, we love, we love.

I sing to my love, the rose,
With all my soul and heart,
For there’s naught so sweet in all the world,
As to love, to love, to love.

I sing to my love, the rose,
And the rose sings back to me,
The sweetest song that e’er will be:
“For I love, I love, I love.”

Sheet Music

Songs from Vineacre, Op. 28

Composer(s): Ethelbert Nevin

Song(s): 1. A Necklace of Love
2. Mon Desir
3. Sleeping and Dreaming
4. The Nightingale's Song
5. The Dream-Maker Man
6. The Silver Moon (La Lune Blanche)
7. Ein Liedchen
8. Ein Heldenlied

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