Aura Lee

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title=Aura Lea
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caption=Cover, sheet music, 1861.
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composer=George R. Poulton
lyricist=W.W. Fosdick
published= 1861
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language=English
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performed_by="Aura Lea" (also known as "Aura Lee") is an American Civil War song about a maiden. It was written by W. W. Fosdick (words) and George R. Poulton (music).

The Elvis Presley song "Love Me Tender" (lyric by Ken Darby) is sung to the same tune as "Aura Lee". A later Presley recording for the film "The Trouble with Girls" entitled "Violet (Flower of N.Y.U.)" also used the melody of "Aura Lee".

There is also a marching band version of "Aura Lee" called "Army Blue".

"Aura Lee" was memorably sung by Frances Farmer and a male chorus in 1936's "Come and Get It (film)", based on Edna Ferber's novel.

Lyrics

The lyrics as written by Fosdick::"When the blackbird in the Spring,":"'Neath the willow tree,":"Sat and rock'd, I heard him sing,":"Singing Aura Lea.":"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,":"Maid with golden hair;":"Sunshine came along with thee,":"And swallows in the air.":"Chorus:"::"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,"::"Maid with golden hair;"::"Sunshine came along with thee,"::"And swallows in the air."

:"In thy blush the rose was born,":"Music, when you spake,":"Through thine azure eye the morn,":"Sparkling seemed to break.":"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,":"Birds of crimson wing,":"Never song have sung to me,":"As in that sweet spring."::"(Chorus)"

:"Aura Lea! the bird may flee,":"The willow's golden hair":"Swing through winter fitfully,":"On the stormy air.:"Yet if thy blue eyes I see,":"Gloom will soon depart;":"For to me, sweet Aura Lea":"Is sunshine through the heart."::"(Chorus)"

:"When the mistletoe was green,":"Midst the winter's snows,":"Sunshine in thy face was seen,":"Kissing lips of rose.":"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,":"Take my golden ring;":"Love and light return with thee, " :"And swallows with the spring."::"(Chorus)"

External links

* [http://www.easybyte.org Easybyte] – easy piano arrangement of "Aura Lee"
* [http://www.guitar-guides.com/download.htm guitar-guides.com] – free easy guitar arrangement of "Aura Lee"