A Little White Gardenia - 1935

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins - 27 Mar 2002

If I should bring you jewels rare,
So dazz'ling and beyond compare,
The lustre in your eyes
would put them all to shame
The offering of love I bring,
Is just a very little thing
A simple souvenir,
That's far, far more sincere
For I bring a little white gardenia
As refreshing as a day in May
You may wear it if you care or toss it away
If you look into this white gardenia,
There's a message there I dare not say
That I'll let this little white gardenia convey.
Who knows?
Tomorrow we may be together,
or so far apart.
Take this token of my love.
Cherish it and keep it close to your heart.
If our paths should ever cross again, dear,
Accident'ly or by fate's design
If you wear a little white gardenia
I'll know you are mine.
For I bring a little white gardenia
As refreshing as a day in May
You may wear it if you care or toss it away
If you look into this white gardenia,
There's a message there I dare not say
That I'll let this little white gardenia convey.
Who knows?
Tomorrow we may be together,
or so far apart.
Take this token of my love.
Cherish it and keep it close to your heart.
If our paths should ever cross again, dear,
Accident'ly or by fate's design
If you wear a little white gardenia
I'll know you are mine.

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A Little White Gardenia 1935
Words and music by Sam Coslow
copyright MCMXXXV by Paramount Productions Music Corp
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed on Wednesday 27 March 2002 at 11.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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Featured by Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis
in the Paramount Picture
'All The Kings Horses'
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