"Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (A Cappella)

Meditative montage by M.A. Ludwig set to music.

Music: "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" written by Thomas Moore / John Andrew Stevenson

Lyrics---

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze of so fondly to-day,
Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away
Thou wouldst still be ador'd as this moment thou art,
Let thy loveliness fade as it will,
And around the dear ruin, each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear,
That the fervour and faith of a soul can be known,
To which time will but make thee more dear.
No, the heart that has truly lov'd, ne'er forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close,
As the sun-flower turns on her God, when He sets,
The same look which she turn'd when He rose.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• folk
• music
• capella
• cappella
• harmony
• photography
• nature
• digital
• thomas
• moore
• traditional
• valentines
• day

[pat7893]

This sounds like one voice, using three tracks, so whoever she is, she has a beautiful voice.

[JudeMaris]

You have very good ears, that is indeed the case :)

[jamest3005]

This is wonderful.

Please say who the artist is. I would like to use this for my grandmothers funeral.

[Prancer1231]

pretty

[flanncada]

Who is John Andrew Stephenson? (see JudeMaris info). My volume,' The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore' (published in Paris in 1829 makes no mention of him. The traditional air it was written for is listed as - 'My Lodging is on the cold Ground'. Does anyone know if this is the same tune?

[Kebabbish]

i'm doing this for my grade 3 a cappella piece :)

[emerrrr4goligal]

i did this for my grade 3 exam

XD

[madamerc]

what an awesome voice and recording in honor of Thomas Moore

[pinkpolitics]

Lovely. Could you please list the artist. She's amazing.

[Gigi27th]

Absolutely beautiful. What acapella group is singing this? I usually don't care for female acapella groups but this version of this song is great!