A popular song from 1910
Words by Fred G. Bowles
Music by Wilfrid Sanderson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I know a valley sweet and golden
I know a valley fair to see
Here where the dreams of life lie folden
One with the vale and the slumb’ring sea
Here where the wind-blown barley whispers
Secrets that come to our hearts so true
Sunlight and shadow softly tell me
Here ‘twas you lov’d me and I lov’d you
I lov’d you
Ah! ah! my laughing valley
Winds blow as sweet today
Here let us meet, here let us greet
One with the winds at play
Skies are blue and rich the clover
Laughter rings the wide world over;
Come away! Come today!
Come and keep love’s holiday
Come away! Come today! Come away - I know a valley sweet and golden
Lit by the light of the harvest moon
Summer may pass and its dreams grow olden
Fragrant forever our way is strewn
Do you remember corn-flow’rs dancing
Do you remember when love was new?
Here in the heart of the shining valley
Here ‘twas you lov’d me and I lov’d you
I lov’d you
Ah! my laughing valley
Winds blow as sweet today
Here let us meet, here let us greet
One with the winds at play
Skies are blue and rich the clover
Laughter rings the wide world over;
Come away! Come today!
Come and keep love’s holiday
Come away! Come today!
Ah! Ah! Come away!
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: