The Answer (Quilter, Roger)

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		Movements/Sections 1 First Publication 1904 Genre Categories Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; English language

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Publisher Info.:

London: Boosey & Co., 1904, plate H. 4504

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	The Answer
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Composer	Quilter, Roger
Movements/Sections	1
First Publication	1904
Librettist	Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
Language	English
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	Piano, Voice (Medium)

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Lyrics

Ask me not, dear, what thing it is
   That makes me love you so;
What graces, what sweet qualities,
   That from your spirit flow:
For I have but this old reply,
That you are you, and I am I.

My heart leaps when you look on me,
   And thrills to hear your voice;
Lies, then, in these the mystery
   That makes my soul rejoice?
I only know I love you true,
Since I am I, and you are you