Roger Quilter - Where Go the Boats?
Dark brown is the river Golden is the sand It flows along for ever With trees on either hand Green leaves a-floating Castles of the foam Boats of mine a-boating
Roger Quilter - The Lamplighter
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat With lantern and
Roger Quilter - A Good Child
I woke before the morning I was happy all the day I never said an ugly word But smiled and stuck to play And now at last the sun Is going down behind the wood And
Roger Quilter - Tulips
Bright tulips, we do know You had your coming hither And fading-time does show That ye must quickly wither Your sisterhoods may stay And smile here for your hour;
Roger Quilter - I Arise From Dreams of Thee
I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night When the winds are breathing low And the stars are shining bright: I arise from dreams of thee And a spirit in
Roger Quilter - A Song at Parting
When I am dead, my dearest Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet;
Roger Quilter - A Last Year's Rose
From the brake the Nightingale Sings exulting to the Rose; Though he sees her waxing pale In her passionate repose While she triumphs waxing frail Fading even while she
Roger Quilter - April
April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after Weep thy girlish tears! April, that mine ears Like a lover greetest If I tell thee, sweetest All my
Roger Quilter - Autumn Evening
The yellow poplar leaves have strown Thy quiet mound, thou slumberest Where winter's winds will be unknown; So deep thy rest So deep thy rest Sleep on, my love, thy
Roger Quilter - Music and Moonlight
The keen stars were twinkling And the fair moon was rising among them Dear Jane: The guitar was tinkling But the notes were not sweet till you sung them Again As the