====== #386 - Whip-Poor-Will's Song ====== [[..:385:|prev]] | [[..:387:|next]] /*-20note-*/ *Composer: *Harrison Millard (1830-1895), 1865 *[[/data/media/midi/386.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=386&.gif?}}++ *[[:incipit]]: 55671365432346523 *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 5671365432346523 *[[/cob_label/index.php|Print a Label]] *++Lyrics:|\\ Oh, meet me when when daylight is fading,\\ And is darkening into the night;\\ When songbirds are singing their vespers,\\ And the day has far vanished from sight;\\ And then I will tell to you, darling,\\ All the love I have cherished so long,\\ If you will but meet me at evening,\\ When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\ \\ //chorus: //\\ Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will!\\ You hear the first whip-poor-will's song;\\ Oh, meet me; oh, meet me,\\ When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\ \\ 'Tis said that whatever sweet feeling\\ May be throbbing within a find heart,\\ When list'ning to whip-poor-will's singing,\\ For a twelve-month will never depart;\\ To then we will meet in the woodland,\\ Far away from the hurrying throng,\\ And whisper our love to each other,\\ When we hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\ \\ And in the long years of the future,\\ Through our duties may part us awhile,\\ And on the return of the evening,\\ We are severed by many a mile;\\ Yet deep in our bosoms we'll cherish\\ The affection so fervent and strong,\\ We pledged to each other this evening,\\ When we heard the first whip-poor-will's song.\\ \\ ++ *Harrison Millard (1830-1895), 1865