A Little Love, A Little Kiss

A beautiful French art song expressing romantic love, 1912.
English words by Adrian Ross
music by Lao Silesu


The sheet music:


Accompaniment track:


Lyrics

  1. When the scented night of summer covers
    Field and city with her veil of blue
    All the lanes are full of straying lovers
    Murmuring the words I say to you

Refrain
Just a little love, a little kiss
Just an hour that holds a world of bliss
Eyes that tremble like the stars above me
And the little word that says, “You love me!”
Just a little love, a little kiss
I would give you all my life for this
As I hold you fast and bend above you
And I hear you whispering, “I love you!”

  1. Night will pass and day will follow after
    Other griefs and joys will come with day
    Yet through all the weeping and the laughter
    You will ever hear the words I say
  2. You and I may change, like April weather
    Other loves may call us, not in vain
    But tonight at least is ours together
    And the hour that will not come again

Sung here by Fred Feild: