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From CD #1:
I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby

Music by Frederick Clay;
words by W.G. Wills

Song Lyrics

From the Cantata Lalla Rookh
 

From the Prologue*

I'll sing thee songs of Araby
And tales of fair Cashmere,
Wild tales to cheat thee of a sigh
Or charm thee to a tear.
And dreams of delight shall on thee break
And rainbow visions rise,
And all my soul shall strive to wake
Sweet wonder in thine eyes...
And all my soul shall strive to wake
Sweet wonder in thine eyes.

Through those twin lakes where wonder wakes
My raptured song shall sink
And, as the diver dives for pearls,
Bring tears, bright tears, to their brink.
And dreams of delight shall on thee break
And rainbow visions rise,
And all my soul shall strive to wake
Sweet wonder in thine eyes...
And all my soul shall strive to wake
Sweet wonder in thine eyes.

*The text of this cantata is based on the romantic epic Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore.

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Notes on the Song

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