Whispering Lilies

A 1921 popular song.
Words and music by A. E. Mayes.


Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. When the summer day has ended
    And the twilight shadows creep
    Round the lilies pure and tender
    As they bow their heads in sleep
    Then their faces pale bring mem’ries
    Of someone I long to see
    And I wonder in the twilight
    If she sometimes dreams of me

Chorus
Whisp’ring lilies, whisp’ring lilies
Raise your drooping heads and hear
It’s a question I would ask you
Of the one to me that’s dear
Whisp’ring lilies you’re no fairer
Than the one I long to see
Won’t you tell me with your pure lips
If the one I love loves me?

  1. Whisp’ring lilies there are mem’ries
    Round your saintly faces cling
    Of a quiet summer evening
    When the birds had ceased to sing
    All the world was hushed in silence
    Underneath the twilight sky
    Then a smile, a tear, a mem’ry
    Of the one who said goodbye

Sung here by Vancha March: