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SPEAK TO ME Sung by: Mrs. W.N. Osborne and Mrs. Rhoda Coleman Recorded in Cord, AR, 8/21/57 Click here to listen to the original recording Why cold today? Once I was dear, And thy heart turned, and flushed thy brow. Never a word welcomes me now; Now thy hand lies listless in mine. Once it replied, spake love divine. Cold as if we never had met; Can it then be hearts can forget? Chorus: Ah, speak to me, speak, be my heart heard, Or it will break for one kind word. No vow to bind--no pledge I seek-- Only be kind, speak to me, speak. One idle day thou didst deplore Some castaway on desert shore. 'Twas but a tale by poet famed, Yet thou didst pale, silence, and pain, And thou didst moan, sad, sad to be Utterly lone by the bleak sea. My life is drear, I cast away; Give me the tear thou sheddest that day. (Chorus) |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |