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When love is kind,
Cheerful and free,
Love's sure to find
Welcome from me.
But when love brings
Heartache or pang,
Tears, and such things -
Love may go hang!
If love can sigh
For one alone,
Well pleased am I
To be that one
But should I see
Love given to rove
To two or three,
Then -
Love must in short,
Keep fond and true,
Thro' good report,
And evil too.
Else, here I swear,
Young love may go.
For aught I care -
To Jericho.
Poet: Thomas Moore
SSA Musical arrangement -
Choral director -
Recording -
(used here with kind permissions from both composer and conductor)
Scroll down for solo recording of 1922
and backing track audio transcriptions for 3 part harmony
WHEN LOVE IS KIND -
Old Melody, published 1890, Boosey & Co.
Arrangement for Voice and Piano -
Words -
Amelia’s arrangement became very popular with
four performances at Queen’s Hall for
BBC Proms between 1897 and 1928.
Audio streaming from the U.S. Library of Congress
Mezzo Soprano -
WHEN LOVE IS KIND