Good Old Songs - Edison Male Quartet (1906)

Edison Male Quartet

Edison Quartet sings a medly of four tunes popular over a century ago.

“Good Old Songs”

Edison Gold Moulded Record 9384

1906

1) "Twinkling stars are laughing love" (Ordway) John P. Ordway song

Twinkling stars are laughing, love,
Laughing on you and me.
While your bright eyes look in mine,
Peeping stars they seem to be;
Troubles come and go, love,
Brightest scenes must leave our sight,
But the star of hope, love,
Shines with radiant beams to-night.

Twinkling stars are laughing, love,
Laughing on you and me,
While your bright eyes look in mine,
Peeping stars they seem to be.

2) "When I saw sweet Nellie home" (Fletcher)

In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the bank the pale moon shone
And ‘twas from aunt Dinah’s quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home

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When I Saw Sweet Nelly Home.

In the sky the bright stars glittered, on the grass the moonlight fell,
Unshed the sound of daylight's bustle, closed the pink-eyed pimpernel!;
As down the moss-grown woodpath, where the cattle love to roam.
From Aunt Dinah's quilting party I was seeing Nelly home.

When I saw sweet Nelly home, when I saw sweet Nelly home;
How I bless the August evening when I saw sweet Nelly home.

Jetty ringlets softly flattered o'er her brow as white as snow.
And her cheek, the crimson sunset, scarcely had a warmer glow;
'Mid her parted lips' Vermillion, white teeth flashed like ocean foam;
All I marked with pulses throbbing, as I saw sweet Nelly home.

When the Autumn tinged the greenwood, turning all the leaves to gold,
In the lawn by alders shaded, I my love to Nelly told;
As we stood together, gazing on the star-bespangled dome,
How I blessed the August evening when I saw sweet Nelly home.

White hairs mingle with my tresses, furrows steal upon my brow,
nr a love-smile cheers and blesses life's declining moments now.
Matron in a snowy 'kerchief, closer to my bosom come.
Tell me, dost thou still remember when I saw sweet Nellie home.

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3) "Would I were with thee" (Bossetti)


4) "There's music in the air" (Root)

There's music in the air
When the infant morn is nigh
And faint its blush is seen
On the bright and laughing sky.
Many a harp's extatic sound
With it's thrill of joy profound
While we list enchanted there
To the music in the air.


Edison Male Quartet

1) "Twinkling stars are laughing love" (Ordway) John P. Ordway song

2) "When I saw sweet Nellie home" (Fletcher)

3) "Would I were with thee" (Bossetti)

4) "There's music in the air" (Root)


“Good Old Songs” When I saw sweet Nellie home & Twinkling stars are laughing love BARBERSHOP QUARTET