A Soldier's Love 1908 'The Prima Donna'

James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 19 Mar 2004

Once a little soldier,
little wooden soldier,
in a little Punch and Judy Show!
Loved a little dancer
dainty little dancer,
in a little ballet gown you know.
But he could not tell her
never could he tell her,
that to her he'd lost his soldier's heart.
For by means of strings
and other cruel things,
they seemed to be forever kept apart
Yet he loved her as madly,
he'd die for her gladly,
and softly, sadly he would sigh.
"If she only knew
that to her I am true,
I am sure that to my love
her heart would fondly reply."
But alas! It was fated,
they ne'er should be mated
his soul was filled with vain regrets!
But seldom e'en mortals
may enter the portals,
of love and so it is with Marionettes.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Soldier's Love 1908
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMVIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 19 March 2004 at 10.12
in association with Doug Grierson
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Charles Dillingham's Production by the Fritzi Scheff Opera Company
"The Prima Donna"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book & Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Henry Blossom Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1908.
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