I Cannot Sing the Old Songs (Charlotte Alington Barnard)

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Editor: Stan Sanderson (submitted 2004-04-08).   Score information: 2 pages   Copyright: Public Domain

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General Information

Title: I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
Composer: Charlotte Alington Barnard
Lyricist: Charlotte Alington Barnard

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations

English text

1.

I cannot sing the old songs,

I sung long years ago

For heart and voice would fail me,

And foolish tears would flow;

For bygone hours come o'er my heart,

with each familiar strain

I cannot sing the old songs,

Or dream those dreams again.

2.

I cannot sing the old songs,

Their charm is sad and deep;

Their melodies would waken

Old sorrows from their sleep;

And though all unforgotten still,

and sadly sweet they be,

I cannot sing the old songs,

They are too dear to me.

3.

I cannot sing the old songs,

For visions come again,

Of golden dreams departed

And years of weary pain;

Perhaps when earthly fetters

shall have set my spirit free,

My voice may know the old songs,

For all eternity.