"AURA LEA"

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Lyrics By:
WILLIAM WHITEMAN FOSDICK
Music By:
GEORGE R. POULTON
Confederate Version Arranged By:
JOSEPH KELP

1861

VERSE # 01:
As the blackbird
In the Spring
'Neath the willow tree
Sat and rocked,
I heard him sing,
Praising Aura Lea.
Aura Lea! Aura Lea!
Maid with golden hair,
Sunshine came
Along with thee,
And swallows in the air.

CHORUS:
Aura Lea! Aura Lea!
Maid with golden hair,
Sunshine came
Along with thee,
And swallows in the air.

VERSE # 02:
In thy blush,
The rose was born.
'Twas music
When thou spake.
Through thine azure eye,
The morn, sparkling,
Seemed to break.
Aura Lea! Aura Lea!
Birds of crimson wing
Never song have
Sung to me
As thou in
That sweet Spring.

VERSE # 03:
Aura Lea,
The birds may flee
From the willow's hair;
Swing through Winter fitfully
On the stormy air.
Yet, if thy blue eyes, I see,
Gloom will soon depart.
For to me,
Sweet Aura Lea
Is sunshine
Through the heart.

VERSE # 04:
When the mistletoe
Was green
Midst the Winter's snows,
Sunshine in thy face
Was seen
Kissing lips of rose.
Aura Lea! Aura Lea!
Take my golden ring.
Love and light
Return with thee,
And swallows
With the Spring.

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