A Brown Bird Singing

a 1922 popular song
words by Royden Barrie
music by Haydn Wood

This is a fine example of an Art Song


The sheet music:


Accompaniment:


Lyrics

All through the night there’s a little brown bird singing
Singing in the hush of the darkness and the dew
Singing in the hush of the darkness and the dew
Would that his song through the stillness could go winging
Could go winging to you, to you

All through the night-time my lonely heart is singing
Sweeter songs of love than the brown bird ever knew
Sweeter songs of love than the brown bird ever knew
Would that the song of my heart could go a-winging
Could go a-winging to you, to you


Sung here by Fred Feild: