Lyrics Tolomeo, HWV 25: Silent Worship (Arr. Arthur Somervell) - David Hobson , George Frideric Handel

Did you not hear my lady
Go down the garden singing
Black bird and thrush were silent
To hear the alleys ringing
Oh saw you are not my lady
Out in the garden there
Shaming the rose and lily
For she is twice as fair
Though I am nothing to her
Though she must rarely look at me
And though I could never woo her
I love her till I die
Surely you've heard my lady
Go down the garden singing
Silencing all the song birds
And setting the alleys ringing
But surely you've seen my lady
Out in the garden there
Rivaling the glittering sunshine
With a glory of golden hair