Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life 1910 'Naughty Marietta'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 May 2004

Ah! Sweet mystery of life,
at last I've found thee,
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all;
all the longing, seeking,
striving, waiting, yearning,
the burning hopes,
the joy and idle tears that fall!
For 'tis love, and love alone,
the world is seeking;
and 'tis love, and love alone,
that can repay!
'Tis the answer,
'tis the end and all of living,
for it is love alone,
that rules for aye!
For 'tis love and love alone,
the world is seeking,
for 'tis love,
and love alone that can repay!
'Tis the answer,
'tis the end and all of living!
For it is love alone that rules for aye!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life 1910
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMX by M. Witmark & Sons  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 29 May 2004 at 23.14
in association with Doug Grierson
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This was very difficult. I saw Alf Pearson sing it a couple of years
back at The Vaudevilly Golfing Society. He was 92. Still a song
going strong, but better by far to be played live in real time.
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