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29 Oct 04 - 11:55 AM (#1310612) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES FALL AGAIN From: GLoux WHEN THE SNOWFLAKES FALL AGAIN (Frank Jenkins and His Pilot Mountaineers) 3/4 time Alone I sit down by the fireside Thinking of someone I love Reading a letter a treasure from him Oh, I wish he was here I long for his presence right here in this room Hear him say, "Love, I'll remain" I know he will come for the last words he said When the snowflakes fall again When the snowflakes fall again Will you then think of me After weary years of strife I'll turn brown eyes to you Come give me a kiss For tonight we must part Sunshine will follow the rain So keep me ever in your heart 'Till the snowflakes fall again Today I was glad to see the snowfall Pretty flakes fly in the air I thought of my darling, my love and my own And oh, I wish he was here I long to hear his footsteps in the hall Hear him say, "Love, I'll remain" I know he will come for the last words he said When the snowflakes fall again Come give me a kiss for tonight we must part Don't dim your eye with a tear For remember my darling your place in my heart And a home in my memory so dear I'm going away to a far distant land And I know not how long I'll remain If you'll only be true then I'll comeback to you When the snowflakes fall again -Greg |
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29 Oct 04 - 12:02 PM (#1310622) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When The Snowflakes Fall Again From: MMario see Till the Snow-Flakes Come Again Levy Sheet Music Collection - box 139 item 012 Words & Music by Gussie L. Davis. Publication: New York: Geo. Propheter, 20 W. 14th St., 1887. |
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29 Oct 04 - 12:11 PM (#1310631) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When The Snowflakes Fall Again From: GLoux Thanks for the Levy link. Frank Jenkins recorded it in the 1920's. The Rhythm Rats recorded a version of it on I Believe I'll Go Back Home, Marimac 9069D. -Greg |
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29 Oct 04 - 07:36 PM (#1311036) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When The Snowflakes Fall Again From: RangerSteve The Frank Jenkins recording is available on the Document CD that features the complete recordings of Jenkins, DaCosta Woltz and others from the same region. |
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31 Oct 04 - 03:41 PM (#1312427) Subject: Lyr Add: TILL THE SNOW-FLAKES COME AGAIN From: Jim Dixon The lyrics from the sheet music are significantly different, so I'll post them here: TILL THE SNOW-FLAKES COME AGAIN Gussie L. Davis, 1887. 1. I'm lonely tonight as I sit by the fire, Thinking of one far away, Reading old letters I've treasured from him Who was to have been here today. Oh! if I could hear his footsteps at the door, My heart would not languish in pain. I know he will come, for his last words were, "Wait Till the snowflakes come again." CHORUS: Till the snowflakes come again, Will you think often of me? After days of weary pain, I will return, little bright eyes. Kiss me, darling, ere we part; Sunshine will follow the rain. Keep me always in your heart Till snowflakes come again. 2. Today I was glad when I saw the snow fall And the pearly flakes fly through the air. I thought of my darling, my lov'd one, my all. I knew it was time he was here. I long for his presence once more in this room, And hear him say, "Love, I'll remain;" For sad was the hour when he left me to mourn Till the snowflakes come again. |
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01 Nov 04 - 12:59 PM (#1313279) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When The Snowflakes Fall Again From: GLoux Thanks, Jim. Makes me wonder where the third verse came from. The Folk Process in action, I guess... -Greg |
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01 Nov 04 - 02:07 PM (#1313344) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When The Snowflakes Fall Again From: Nigel Parsons There was I expecting (from the thread title) a parody of The White Rose of Athens Till the white rose blooms again You must leave me, leave me lonely So goodbye my love till then Till the white rose blooms again Of course, the parody now becomes an interesting concept! *BG* Nigel |