A 1921 popular song.
Words and music by A. E. Mayes.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When the summer day has ended
And the twilight shadows creep
Round the lilies pure and tender
As they bow their heads in sleep
Then their faces pale bring mem’ries
Of someone I long to see
And I wonder in the twilight
If she sometimes dreams of me
Chorus
Whisp’ring lilies, whisp’ring lilies
Raise your drooping heads and hear
It’s a question I would ask you
Of the one to me that’s dear
Whisp’ring lilies you’re no fairer
Than the one I long to see
Won’t you tell me with your pure lips
If the one I love loves me?
- Whisp’ring lilies there are mem’ries
Round your saintly faces cling
Of a quiet summer evening
When the birds had ceased to sing
All the world was hushed in silence
Underneath the twilight sky
Then a smile, a tear, a mem’ry
Of the one who said goodbye
Sung here by Vancha March: