Creole Lover's Song: For Baritone or Contralto

Words by EDMUND C. STEDMAN.

Music by DUDLEY BUCK.

Allegro non troppo.

Night wind,

whis-pering wind,

Wind of the Ca-rib

sea!

The palms and the still

la-goon,

Long for thy coming

soon;

But first my la - dy find:

Hasten, nor look be-

-hind,

To-night,

to-night Love’s herald be.

The

feath'-ry

bam-boo

moves,

The dew - y

plantains

weep;

From the

josmine-thicket

bear

The scents that are swooning there,

And

steal from the or - ange

groves

The breath of a thou - sand loves,

To

Bear her this hours for me.

Speed thee ! speed thee !

wind of the deep ! For the cyclones in wrath!

The dis - tant for - ests

moan;

Thou hast but an hour thine

own,

An hour thy tryst to

keep,

Ere the hounds of tempest leap, and follow upon .... thy path!

Whisperer, tar - ry a space!

She waits for thee in the

night! She leans from her casement there,

With the star-blooms in her

hair,

And a shadow falls like lace

From the fern - tree o - ver her

face,

And over her mantle white.

Spir - it of air and

fire!

To-night

my herald

be!

Tell her I love her

well,

And

all

that I bid thee,

tell,

And folo

her ev - er the

nigh - er,

With the strength

of my soul’s desire;

Wind!

wind

of the Ca - - rib sea!