a 1922 popular song
words by Paul Verlaine, translated by R.P.R.
music by Rachel Pitt-Rivers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
The autumn sighs, as beauty dies, with the year
Dulls my heart, my eyes smart with a tear
With choking fear the hour I hear strike deep
I can but cry for days gone by, let me weep!
And forth I go as winds may blow past relief
From here, from there, just as a bare fallen leaf
Sung here by Fred Feild: