Katinka - Opening Chorus - Act 1.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. May 2001.

[Chorus] Give then your tokens tender and true,
Keep and guard them ever!

Heav'n bless the bond that bindeth these two,
Let no man dare to sever.

So they are man and wife,
married for life!
Boris is swelling with pride!

Charming Katinka fair
tries all her blushes to hide!
For she's now a bride!

Spread then the festive board for her new Lord!
Bring forth the rosy red wine.

Bring in the wedding cake,
and for Katinka's sake,

Garlands of flowers we'll twine,
for Cupid's shrine!

Now do the church doors outward swing,
while pretty bridesmaids sing.

And like notes from an angel choir,
High in the gilded spire
Wedding Bells gaily ring!

Ring! Ring!
Ring out your tidings,
Dear old bells,

Ring! Ring!
Ring for your chiding,
True love spells;

Fling, fling,
fling out your golden notes so clear,

Cling, cling,
cling to your motto dear;

Love is far better than wasting,
wasting away.

Swing, swing out your lay,
Wedding Bells,
Wedding Bells!

Soft karaoke
Words
treble clef 1
treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
syn str 1
harp
Katinka 003 Opening Chorus 1915 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 03 May 2001

Katinka 003 Opening Chorus 1915 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 03 May 2001
Katinka 003 Opening Chorus 1915
Lyrics by Otto Hauerbach
Music by Rudolf Friml
copyright 1916 by G. Schirmer, Inc.
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 03 May 2001
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones