Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song_all-star-entertainers-herbert_gbia0008863a
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song_reinald-werrenrath-h-b-smith-victor-herbert_gbia0035900a
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song_reinald-werrenrath-harry-b.-smith-victor-herbert_gbia0010941a
https://archive.org/details/78_when-youre-away_al-goodman-and-his-orchestra-h-smith-herbert_gbia0015035
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song-cancion-de-amor-gitama_adrian-schuberts-concert-orchestra-rodman_gbia0029713b
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song-cancion-de-amor-gitana_dixie-marimba-players-rodman-lewis-harry-b_gbia0026293b
https://archive.org/details/78_gypsy-love-song-slumber-on-my-little-gypsy-sweetheart_sigmund-krumgold-herbert_gbia0034663aPublication Date
1898
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The birds of the forest are calling for thee,
And the shades and the glades are lonely;
Summer is there with her blossoms fair,
And you are absent only.
No bird that nests in the green-wood tree,
But sighs to greet you and kiss you,
All the violets yearn for your safe return,
But most of all I miss you.
[Chorus]
Slumber on, my gypsy sweetheart,
Dream of the field and the grove;
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland
Where your fancies rove?
Slumber on, my gypsy sweetheart,
Wild little woodland dove!
Can you hear the song that tells you
All my heart’s true love?
[Verse 2]
The fawn that you tamed has a look in its eyes,
That doth say: “We are too long parted;”
Songs that are trolled by our comrades old
Are not now, as they were, light hearted.
The wild rose fades in the leafy shades,
Its ghost will find you and haunt you,
All the friends say: “Come to your woodland home,”
And most of all I want you.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Smith, Harry B. and Herbert, Victor, "Gypsy Love Song" (1898). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1378.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1378
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
MacIntosh Collection
New York : M. Witmark & Sons, [1898]
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