ANGELS GUARD THEE

from "Jocelyn" 1888 opera
Benjamin Godard (m) Victor Capoul (Fr l) 
Armand Silvestre (Fr l) S J Reilly (Eng l)

as recorded by Richard Tauber 
with Orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl  
December 22nd 1943

also recorded by -
John McCormack '14
Gracie Fields '50
Jussi Bjorling
Pablo Casals (cello)
Edmond Clement
Richard Crooks
Placido Domingo
Kenneth McKellar
Tito Rossi


Awake not yet from thy repose,
A fair dream spirit hovers near thee,
Weaving a web of gold and rose,
Through dreamland's happy isles to bear thee.
Sleep, love, it is not yet the dawn,
Angels guard thee, sweet love, till morn.

Beneath the quivering leaves, where shelter comes at last,
All sadness sinks to rest, or glides into the past.
Her sweet eyes prismed now in their soft silken bowers,
Oh my love, calm she sleeps beneath the trembling stars.

Awake not yet from thy repose,
A fair dream spirit hovers near thee,
Weaving a web of gold and rose,
Through dreamland's happy isles to bear thee.
Sleep, love, it is not yet the dawn,
Angels guard thee, sweet love, till morn.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2013)