At Dawning

When the dawn flames in the sky,
I love you.
When the birdlings wake and cry,
I love you.
When the swaying blades of corn
Whisper soft at breaking morn,
Love anew to me is born.
I love you,
I love you.
Dawn and dew proclaim my dream,
I love you.
Chant the birds one thrilling theme,
I love you.
All the songs of morning meet,
Breaking, yearning at your feet.
Come and answer,
Come, my sweet.
I love you,
I love you.

Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise

Softly, as in a morning sunrise,
The light of love comes stealing
Into a new born day.
Oh, flaming, with all the glow of sunrise,
Our burning kiss is stealing
The vow that all betray.
For the passions that thrill love
And lift you high to heaven,
Are the passions that kill love
And let you fall once more.
So end the story.
Softly as in the evening sunset,
The light that gave you glory
Will take it all away.

Love came to me,
Gay and tender.
Love came to me,
Sweet surrender.
Love came to me
In bright romantic splendor.
Fickle was she, faithful never.
Fickle was she and clever.
So will it be forever.
Forever.

(repeat first verse)

Sun-Up to Sundown

Ride on, ride on,
Heartsick and sore,
Don’t know what for.
This day, next day,
We’ve got to go some more.

Sun-up to sundown
Ever my way I’m wending.
A traveler just following the sun.  
Under a burden bending.
A pilgrim whose journey’s never done.
Sun-up to sundown
Sometimes I grow weary
And want to change my mind,
But there’s a song of hope
That never dies.
Though today be dreary
Tomorrow you may find
The promised land beyond the blue horizon.
Moonrise to sunrise,
There’ll be a time for dreaming
Of loved ones so far away and then,
I’ll be on the trail again.
(full repeat of chorus).

A Perfect Day

When you come to the end of a perfect day
And you sit alone with your thoughts,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay
for the joy that the day has brought.
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart?
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray
And the dear friends have to part?

Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too.
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong
With a wish that is kind and true.
For memory has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day
The soul of a friend we’ve made.

When Day is Done

Since you’ve gone away
One thing is clear to me.
You were dearer than dear to me
From the moment you came.
Evenings by your side
I learned to love the night,
But the loveliness of night
Is no longer the same.

When day is done and shadows fall,
I dream of you.
When day is done I think of all
The joys we knew.
That yearning returning
To hold you in my arms,
Won’t go, love,
I know, love,
Without you night has lost its charms.
When day is done and grass is wet with twilight dew,
My lonely heart is sinking with the sun.
Although I miss your tender kiss
The whole day through,
I miss you most of all
When day is done.

With These Hands

With these hands,
I will cling to you.
I’m yours forever and a day.
With these hands
I will bring to you
A tender love as warm as May.
With this heart
I will sing to you
Long after stars have lost their glow.

And, with these hands,
I will provide for you.
Should there be a stormy sea,
I’ll turn the tide for you.
And I’ll never,
No, I’ll never let you go.
(Repeat last verse.)

A happy pose from "Maytime"