2018

No Other But Thee

Composed by Khyle Wooten
"No Other But Thee" is a song composed by Khyle Wooten on the poetry of George Moses Horton. It is the first song in the song cycle "A Journey in Love"

Audio

“No Other But Thee” (from “A Journey in Love”)
Jacob Lay, baritone; Eileen Downey, piano3:15

Khyle Wooten

Composer

George Moses Horton

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2022

Date

University of California, Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall

Location

This recording was part of a 10am concert ("In Memorium – Dorothy Rudd Moore 1940–2022") on Saturday, October 15, 2022 during the 25th Anniversary African American Art Song Alliance Conference. The concert venue was Winifred Smith Hall at the University of California, Irvine.

Text

Love by George Moses Horton

Whilst tracing thy visage I sink in emotion,
For no other damsel so wond’rous I see;
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I think of no other, my true-love, but thee.

With heart-burning rapture I gaze on thy beauty,
And fly like a bird to the boughs of a tree;
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I fancy no other, my true-love, but thee.

Thus oft in the valley I think, and I wonder
Why cannot a maid with her lover agree?
Thy looks are so pleasing, thy charms so amazing,
I pine for no other, my true-love, but thee.

I’d fly from thy frowns with a heart full of sorrow–
Return, pretty damsel, and smile thou on me;
By every endeavor, I’ll try thee forever,
And languish until I am fancied by thee.