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 - 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 - Arab Love Song
My faint spirit was sitting in the light Of thy looks, my love; It panted for thee like the hind at noon For the brooks, my love Thy barb, whose hoofs outspeed the tempest's
Roger Quilter - Drink to me only with thine eyes
Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup And I'll not ask for wine The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a
Roger Quilter - Non Nobis, Domine
Non Nobis, Domine! Not unto us, O Lord The praise and glory be Of any deed or word For in Thy judgement lies To crown or bring to nought All knowledge and device
Roger Quilter - Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen Because thou art not seen Although thy breath be rude Heigh ho!
Roger Quilter - Come Away, Death
Come away, come away, death And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid My shroud of white, stuck all with yew O prepare
Roger Quilter - Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Come unto these yellow sands And then take hands: Curtsied when you have and kissed The wild waves whist: Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen
Roger Quilter - Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
When that I was and a little tiny boy With hey, ho, the wind and the rain A foolish thing was but a toy For the rain it raineth every day But when I came to man's
Roger Quilter - Sigh No More, Ladies
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea and one on shore; To one thing constant never Then sigh not so But let them go And be you