An aria with majestic strains written for contralto Jessie Bartlett Davis.
A wedding song from 1889
words by Clement Scott
music by Reginald de Koven
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh promise me that some day you and I
Will take our love together to some sky
Where we can be alone and faith renew
And find the hollows where those flowers grew
Those first sweet violets of early spring
Which come in whispers, thrill us both
And sing of love unspeakable that is to be
Oh promise me, oh promise me - Oh promise me that you will take my hand
The most unworth in this lonely land
And let me sit beside you, in your eyes
Seeing the vision of our paradise
Hearing God’s message while the organ rolls
Its mighty music to our very souls
No love less perfect than a life with thee
Oh promise me, oh promise me
Sung here by Fred Feild: