'A Vucchella - 1907 - Tosti

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 30 Jan 2002

Ah! lips so sweet and tender,
Disdainful flow'rs evading the kisses
that I spare for a beauty now fading
Ah! be lavish in your giving,
Sweet lips more red than roses.
Surrender all the honey
your dewy smile discloses!
First giving, then denying,
The kiss for which I'm sighing,
First giving, then denying,
The kiss for which I am sighing,
O rose red mouth defying
The little hours of rapture
so swift in their flying.
Why, oh why are you evading
The kisses that I spare
for a beauty now fading

Soft karaoke
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'A Vuchella 1907 Tosti
Music by F. Paolo Tosti
Lyric by Gabriele D'Annunzio
English Lyric by Vivien Lambelet
copyright MCMVII by G. Ricordi and Co. Ltd.
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Wednesday 30 Jan 2002 at 08.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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