April
(Words and Music by Bob Nolan)
I woke up at dawn and April softly stole into my room
And spoke your name
And the whole world turned to April in that moment.
You were with me, then you were gone.
Now the long years into shadows hide
And April ’s not the same as we once knew.
And the long ago can’t live again
Nor April dressed in glory ever return.
It’s a long way back to April, Darling,
Where the winds of time still call to me.
So, if you return to April,
Someday, this I promise ~
Somehow, I will be there.
In 1998, Roberta Nolan Mileusnich gave Elizabeth McDonald photocopies of "April" by Bob Nolan to be archived in the Southern Folklife Collection in the University of North Carolina. This song was registered for copyright in 1972 but was never commercially recorded. We sent the sheet music to Dave Bourne in 2001 and asked him to make a demo for us, exactly as it was written, and that is what you are listening to as you read this.
Photocopies of sheet music for this song are available from Calin Coburn, Bob Nolan's grandson. Email Calin for more details.
