Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here's O Lovely Night sung by Kay Scragg Contralto from a Private Recorded 78 rpm acetate metal lacquer record that Is probably the only surviving recording of this song by this very talented contralto singer. If anybody has any information about Kay .scragg can they please leave it in the comments and I will add it the notes of this video.

O lovely night!
Thou sweet and gentle maiden,
Binding the world with dreams so silently,
Thy voice is soft, thy breath is heavy laden
With garden scents and mem'ries of the sea;
Come not with tears, but charm them into flight,
O lovely night!

O lovely sleep!
Thou angel bright and tender,
Who with thy magic ev'ry heart dost own,
Lo! all the world in passionless surrender,
Bows to thy will and worships at thy throne;
Give thou repose to darkened land and deep,
O lovely sleep!

by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher0