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GIROFLE-GIROFLA by ARTHUR PETERSON

First Line: THE VIOLINIST DRAWS HIS BOW, / THE HARPER TOUCHES STRING
Last Line: FROM MEMORY TILL I DIE.
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS;

The violinist draws his bow,
The harper touches string,
And from the narrow court below
Sweet music now takes wing.

A merry tune, a gay refrain,
A song of youth and love,
Yet in my heart there comes a pain,
And tears begin to move.

It is the tune her fingers played
Far in the days gone by;
It seems to me it cannot fade
From memory till I die.



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