By the Sea

a 1922 popular song
words by Edna J. Allen Phillips
music by Helen Louise Shaffer

An artist impression written for the opera.


Accompaniment:


Lyrics

Night by the sea
Stars dimly gleaming
Only the wind to woo
Waves only sigh
My heart in longing sweet
Cries out, cries out for thee
I see the waves rise
And surge, and break and blend
And know that we shall meet again


Sung here by Fred Feild: