My love dwelt in a northern land

Edward Elgar · words Andrew Lang

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Verse 1
My love dwelt in a Northern land, A dim tower Was his, and far away the sand And gray was of the waves were seen The wo- ven forestboughs between: And through the Northern summer night the sunset died away, And herds of strange deer, sil- verwhite, Came gleaming through the forest gray, And fled like ghosts before the day. And oft, that month, we watch'd the moon, and oft, that month, we watch'd the moon Wax great and white o'er wood and lawn, wax great and white o'er wood and lawn, And oft, that month, we watch'd the moon, And oft, that month, we watch'd the moon Wax great and white o'er wood and lawn, wax great and white o'er wood and lawn, And wane, with waning of the June, and wane, with waning of the June, Till, like brand for battle drawn, She fell, fell, she fell, and flamed in a wild dawn. I know not if the forest green Still girdles round that castle gray, I know not if the boughs between The white deer vanish ere the day: The grass above my love is green, the grass above my love is green, His heart is colder than the clay, colder than the clay, colder than the clay.

Free to sing: Edward Elgar died in 1934 and Andrew Lang died in 1912.