Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always-Thomas Hampson

[ti:Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alwa] [ar:Thomas Hampson] [al:Ashokan Farewell-Beautiful Dre] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ah! May The Red Rose Live Always - Thomas Hampson [00:20.67]Ah! may the red rose live always, [00:26.85]To smile upon earth and sky! [00:32.52]Why should the beautiful ever weep? [00:39.51]Why should the beautiful die? [00:45.94]Lending a charm to every ray [00:50.11]That falls on her cheeks of light, [00:54.91]Giving the zephyr kiss for kiss, [00:59.28]And nursing the dew-drop bright -- [01:08.51] [01:09.26]Ah! may the red rose live always, [01:15.63]To smile upon earth and sky! [01:20.87] [01:21.43]Why should the beautiful ever weep? [01:28.42]Why should the beautiful die? [01:35.03] [01:57.07]Long may the daisies dance the field, [02:03.62]Frolicking far and near! [02:08.92]Why should the innocent hide their heads? [02:15.91]Why should the innocent fear? [02:21.91]Spreading their petals in mute delight [02:26.35]When morn in its radiance breaks, [02:31.22]Keeping a floral festival [02:35.06]Till the night-loving primrose wakes -- [02:45.54]Long may the daisies dance the field, [02:51.60]Frolicking far and near! [02:56.78]Why should the innocent hide their heads? [03:04.08] [03:04.70]Why should the innocent fear? [03:09.77] [03:31.10]Lulled be the dirge in the cypress bough, [03:38.78]That tells of departed flowers! [03:44.08] [03:45.21]Ah! that the butterfly's gilded wing [03:52.19]Fluttered in evergreen bowers! [03:58.98]Sad is my heart for the blighted plants -- [04:04.23]Its pleasures are aye as brief -- [04:08.97]They bloom at the young year's joyful call, [04:14.28]And fade with the autumn leaf: [04:25.50] [04:26.94]Ah! may the red rose live always [04:35.12]To smile upon earth and sky! [04:42.27]Why should the beautiful ever weep? [04:50.25]Why should the beautiful die?