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Author: John Bernhoff

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A ray of golden sunlight calm (A ray of golden sunlight calm)
A ray of golden sunlight calm
A star shone brightly in azure height
An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen... (An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen ) DUT ITA GER
An my scythe were whetted sharp and keen DUT ITA GER
Angels' vigil (The day at last is ended)
Anthem (Jacob! thy lost son, behold)
At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber RUS FRE
At times a dream comes o'er us FRE
Autumn leaves (Songs whose strains are long forgotten ) - H. Hermann
Baby, don't fret you!
Becalmed (Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean ) DUT RUS ITA FRE FIN
Bee-Song (In the grove, with odours teeming)
Behold, I'm a harp here (Behold, I'm a harp here )
Behold, I'm a harp here
Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet
Brooklet and tears (Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade..) GER
Calme de mer (Un profond silence règne ) DUT RUS ENG ITA FIN
Christmas (Hark! The herald host is singing)
Christmas-Cheer (At times a dream comes o'er us) FRE
Come, sweet babe, cease playing
Consolation (Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be? ) DUT GER
Could I once again caress thee (Could I once again caress thee )
Could I once again caress thee
Cradle Song (Soft nest in the willow)
Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing
Dark forest green and old! Who will your keeper be? DUT GER
Day of my Life-Tide (Day of my Life-Tide!)
Day of my Life-Tide!
Deep in a garden (Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming) FRE
Deep in a garden all with blossoms teeming FRE
Departure (The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill) FRE
Down from her nest a wild dove flew DUT ITA GER
En cheminant (Je parcours les vastes prairies) ENG
Ere we part, love, kiss me ... (Ere we part, love, kiss me ) ITA GER
Ere we part, love, kiss me ITA GER
Evening song - H. Hermann [x]
Forest-Solitude (Woodlands so fair! )
Hark! The herald host is singing
I came unto a meadow, the setting sun still shone
I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid
I love but thee (I love but thee, nor can I flee that love; ) FRE
I love but thee, nor can I flee that love; FRE
In the grove, with odours teeming
Jacob! thy lost son, behold
Je parcours les vastes prairies ENG
Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow DUT CZE RUS ITA FRE POL
Lads and lassies gay DUT GER
Lilies and roses (O'er the spreading meads I wander) FRE
Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee
Luck (Dame Fortune, she's a flighty thing)
Mignon (Knowst thou the land where citron-blossoms blow) DUT CZE RUS ITA FRE POL
O'er the spreading meads I wander FRE
Once my heart I bore in hand
Prayer (Lord, oft as I kneel before Thee)
Ringlet and wreathlet (Lads and lassies gay) DUT GER
Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters!
Rosmarine or lily DUT GER
Santa Claus (The Christmas Bells are ringing clear )
Say, wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble? (Say, wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble? )
Say, wherefore vainly wouldst dissemble?
She rose full early at break of day DUT FRE
Show thy verdure... (Show thy verdure, waving grass green by the purpling heather! ) DUT ITA GER
Show thy verdure, waving grass green by the purpling heather! DUT ITA GER
Silence broodeth o'er the Ocean DUT RUS ITA FRE FIN
Slumber song (Come, sweet babe, cease playing )
Small our hamlet ... (Small our hamlet by the riverside, love - ) ITA GER
Small our hamlet by the riverside, love - ITA GER
Soft nest in the willow
Solitude (Rock me onward, whisp'ring waters! )
Song of the elves (At midnight-hour, when all mortals slumber ) RUS FRE
Songs whose strains are long forgotten
H. Hermann: Autumn leaves

Speed thee, swallow... (Speed thee, swallow) DUT GER
Speed thee, swallow DUT GER
Stay with us! our playmates await but our call FRE
Strands (Strands, love's colours wearing)
Strands, love's colours wearing
The captured bride (Went a maiden fair amaying) DUT GER
The children's thanks - A. Beach [x]
The Christmas Bells are ringing clear
The compassionate lassie (Once my heart I bore in hand)
The coy one - H. Hermann FRE [x]
The day at last is ended
The elves (Stay with us! our playmates await but our call) FRE
The faithful lassie (She rose full early at break of day) DUT FRE
The forsaken lassie (Down from her nest a wild dove flew ) DUT ITA GER
The fragrant sweet herbs on moor and hill FRE
The Horae (The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight )
The Horae are fickle, and swift is their flight
The modest lassie (Rosmarine or lily) DUT GER
The pleading rose (There was a bonnie lass ) DUT ITA GER
The solitary piper (I came unto a meadow, the setting sun still shone)
The Star of Bethlehem (A star shone brightly in azure height )
The violet (Breathe thy fragrance, modest violet)
The waves (Who shall detain us; ) - H. Hermann
There was a bonnie lass DUT ITA GER
Thro' the grove a brooklet flows in leafy shade.. GER
Un profond silence règne DUT RUS ENG ITA FIN
Watch, Love... (Watch, love, else some fine day ) GER
Watch, love, else some fine day GER
Went a maiden fair amaying DUT GER
When all sails are sleeping (When all sails are sleeping)
When all sails are sleeping
Who shall detain us;
H. Hermann: The waves

Wine soup. A nursery rhyme (Baby, don't fret you! )
With Granny - A. Beach [x]
Woeful tale (I gave my heart to a blue-eyed maid)
Woodlands so fair!

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