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Joseph Kosma

Autumn Leaves  Play

The Grant Park Music Festival’s Apprentice Chorale Chorale
Project Inclusion String Quartet Quartet
Christopher Bell Conductor

Recorded on 06/21/2017, uploaded on 05/05/2018

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Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, arr. Andrew Carter

Autumn leaves fall and are swept out of sight,
The words that you said have come true,
Autumn leaves fall and are swept out sight,
So are the mem’ries of love that we knew.
 
The wind of forgetfulness blows them
Into the night of regret,
The song you would so often sing
Is echoing, echoing yet:
 
The falling leaves drift by the window,
The Autumn leaves of red and gold;
I see your lips, The summer kisses,
The sunburned hands I used to hold.
 
Since you went away, the days grow long,
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song;
But I miss you most of all, my darling,
When Autumn leaves start to fall.