"April - Tears and Smiles" by Eliza Flower (1803–1846)is for solo soprano and piano, from “Songs of the Months” published by A. J. Novello in December 1834. It is performed by Inna Husieva (soprano) & Frances M Lynch (piano)for ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE. More details here https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.u...
The words of the song were almost certainly written by Charles Reece Pemberton (1790-1840, Actor, Author and Lecturer. The full text is shown on the video.

This is the 4th of the releases from "Songs of the Month" which will appear in the playlist "Flower of the Month" on the 1st of each month during 2024.
You can, however, listen to the full set right now on Soundcloud, where we did initial recordings throughout 2023 https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.u...

These recordings are free to listen but not free to make. You can DONATE (- £1 can go a long way! ), or it will cost you nothing to NOMINATE us for a funding award, or divert donations from retailers as you SHOP online - see our page https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.u...

In nature the flowers of this month are sweet peas symbolizing purity and innocence. Image by Alicja from Pixabay