Lovely Night

DESCRIPTION: "Lovely night! O lovely night, spreading over hill and meadow, Soft and slow thy hazy shadow, Soon our weary eyelids close...." "Holy night, O holy night, placing brighter worlds before us." The singer wishes to never return "to this weary earth"
AUTHOR: F. X. Chwatal (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: before 1842 (Bodleian broadsides)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Heart-Songs, p. 332, "Lovely Night" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13876
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth c.13(293), "Lovely Night," T. Birt (London< 1833-1841; also Firth c.12(265), "Lovely Night," H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Firth b.27(263), "Lovely Night," (Ryle and Paul) (London), 1838-1859; also Harding B 11(2402), "Lovely Night," unknown, n.d.; also Harding B 11(567), "Lovely Night," unknown, n.d.; also Firth c.18(279)=Harding B 11(3962)=Johnson Ballads 1974H, G. Henson (Northampton), n.d.; also Harding B 11(2231), "Lovely Night," Neesom (London), n.d.
NOTES [16 words]: This seems to have been popular in broadsides. Why anyone would actually sing it is beyond me. - RBW
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