American Old Time Song Lyrics: 47 The Calm That Comes At Evening
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 47
The Calm that Comes at Evening.
Copyright, 1894, by Widmer-Stlgler Music Tub. Co.
Words by Cy Warman. Music by N. T. Kelt.
There's a calm that comes at evening, when the weary day is o'er,
That's as soothing us the lullaby that mother sang of yore,
And though the day be dreary, I can just forget it all.
In the calm that comes at evening, when the twilight shadows fall.
Refrain
Soft winds, sighing, sing when the summer is dying;
Starlight streaming over the lattice and all;
Through the gloaming, love, all, your lover is coming,
In the calm that comes at evening, when the twilight shadows fall.
I can see my sweetheart's signal waving from the window blinds;
I can feel her perfumed presence wafted to me on the winds;
When I hush my heart to hear her, I can almost understand
Her sweet welcome in the wimple of the wind-wave from her hand.-Ref.