My Gentle Harp

DESCRIPTION: "My gentle harp, once more I waken The sweetness of thy slumb'ring strain. In tears our last farewell was taken, And now in tears we meet again." The wreathes in which he dresses her are "half flowers, half chains."
AUTHOR: Words: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (Moore-IrishMelodies-1846)
KEYWORDS: music nonballad reunion
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Moore-IrishMelodies-1846, pp. 135-136, "My Gentle Harp" (1 text)
Fireside-Book-of-Folk-Songs, p. 88, "My Gentle Harp (A Londonderry Air)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 176, "My Gentle Harp" (1 text)
Roud #V19511
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Danny Boy (The Londonderry Air)" (tune) and references there
File: Fire088

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