From the show “Evensong”, 1934
Words by Edward Knoblock
Music by Mischa Spoliansky
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
What though the years may fade away
And youth and hope depart
I’ll never more forget the day
That first you won my heart
Refrain:
When the dark of night is falling
Across the sky
When the nightingales are calling
From far and nigh
That’s the blessed hour you told me
To meet you here
So ever true, I wait for you, my dear
Now the moon is slowly rising
Beyond the sea
And the magic world disguising
In mystery
Come, beloved, to enfold me
Ah, if you knew
How I long for you to hold me
I wait for you
I wait for you and will be true
To you forever, love
I wait for you
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: