by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
Molly do you love me?
Language: English
Molly do you love me? Can the morning beam Love a lowly flowret Living in its gleam? Let one gentle whisper All my doubts destroy Let my dreamy rapture Turn to waking joy. Molly do you love me? Tell me, tell me true! Molly do you love me, Love as I love you? Tell me, by those ringlets, By those eyes of blue, Molly! do you love me, Love as I love you? Can that voice's music Flow from heartless glee? Must I read no feeling In that melody? Molly! do you love me? Tell me, tell me true! Molly! do you love me, Love as I love you? Ah! my heart has yielded To those smiles that play With the merry dimples All the live-long day. Though the tender blossoms Need the summer light, Let our hearts, united, Brave affliction's blight. Molly! do you love me? Tell me, tell me true! Molly! do you love me, Love as I love you?
Authorship:
- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Molly do you love me?" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864), "Molly do you love me?", published 1850. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
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Word count: 162