I am ‘talking in my sleep’ (George J. Webb)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-22). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 445 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: I am ‘talking in my sleep’
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist: Frances Sargent Osgood
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1850 Mason & Law
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Original text and translations
English text
I have something sweet to tell you,
But the secret you must keep;
And remember, if it isn’t right,
I’m “talking in my sleep.”
For I know I am but dreaming,
When I think your love is mine;
And I know they are but seeming,
All the hopes that round me shine.
So remember, when I tell you
What I cannot longer keep,
We are none of us responsible
For what we say in sleep.
My pretty secret’s coming!
O, listen with your heart;
And you shall hear it humming,
So close ’twill make you start.
O, shut your eyes so earnest,
Or mine will wildly weep’
I love you! I adore you! but—
“I’m talking in my sleep!”