Sweethearts
Arthur Sullivan
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Sweethearts by Arthur Sullivan
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This song by Gilbert and Sullivan lies outside the canon of the team’s work because it was not composed for a stage work. When Gilbert’s comic play by the same name debuted in 1874, Sullivan was independently contracted to compose a song with Gilbert’s lyrics that would promote the show. The song wa...
Sweethearts Lyrics
"Oh take this flow'r, dear love," said he
He spake with a fearful sigh
That night he was going across the sea
And this was his last good-bye
She took the gift with a mocking smile
In the flush of her maiden pride
With heartless guile she dallied awhile
Then threw the flow'r aside
Oh, love for a year, a week, a day
But alas for the love that loves alway
Give me a flow'r, dear love, said he
She threw the flow'r he craved
Now by the love that I have for thee
My breaking heart is saved
He kiss'd it once with a tender sigh
And treasured it near his heart
Tho' years roll by, this flow'r and I
Shall never, never part
Oh, love for a year, a week, a day
But alas for the love that loves alway
They met again in the after years
In life's sad sorrowful time;
Their heads were heavy with age and tears
And white with the winter rime
He found the flow'r she scorn'd in play
At her faithful heart did dwell;
His flow'r, they say, He had cast away
Before its petals fell
Oh, love for a year, a week, a day
But alas for the love that loves alway
Sweethearts Q&A
Who wrote Sweethearts's ?
Sweethearts was written by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan.
When did Arthur Sullivan release Sweethearts?
Arthur Sullivan released Sweethearts on Sat Nov 07 1874.