Song 14 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 35 in Ukulele for Beginners
Aura Lee
Also known as: Aura Lea
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Piano
For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.
Slow (70% speed) (1:16)
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Normal speed (0:54)
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Ukulele
For Ukulele for Beginners.
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All the words
When the blackbird in the Spring,
On the willow tree,
Sat and rock'd, I heard him sing,
Singing Aura Lea.
Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Maid of golden hair;
Sunshine came along with thee,
And swallows in the air.In thy blush the rose was born,
Music, when you spake,
Through thine azure eye the morn,
Sparkling seemed to break.
Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Birds of crimson wing,
Never song have sung to me,
As in that sweet spring.Aura Lea! the bird may flee,
The willow's golden hair
Swing through winter fitfully,
On the stormy air.
Yet if thy blue eyes I see,
Gloom will soon depart;
For to me, sweet Aura Lea
Is sunshine through the heart.When the mistletoe was green,
Midst the winter's snows,
Sunshine in thy face was seen,
Kissing lips of rose.
Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Take my golden ring;
Love and light return with thee,
And swallows with the spring.
About this song
- Music
- George R. Poulton (1828–1867)
- Words
- W. W. Fosdick (1825–1862)
- First published
- 1861 (sheet music, Cincinnati)
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.