Variations on Believe me if all those endearing young charms for alto recorder and guitar by David Warin Solomons Alto Recorder - Digital Sheet Music

Instrumental arrangement of a song by Thomas Moore based on an old Irish air. The first verse follows the original, the second verse has the tune in the guitar part, the third verse is in the minor mode and the last verse takes the original but gives the melody instrument some gentle variations. The pdf file contains score and parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview Words of the original song: Believe me if all those endearing young charms Which I gave on so fondly today Were to change by tomorrow and fleet in my arms Like the fairy gifts fading away They would still be adored as this moment thou art Let thy loveliness fade as it will And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still. It is not while beauty and youth are thine own And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear That the fervour and faith of a soul can be known To which time will but make thee more dear No the heart which has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close As the sunflower turns on her guard when he sets The same look which she turned when he rose