Amaryllis 1894 'Prince Ananias'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Feb 2004

Shy Strephon tuned his pipe at morn,
and hastened to the upland lawn
to greet fair Amaryllis,
his doubting heart filled with alarm,
a wreath of flow'rs hung on his arm,
with winsome madrigal.
To claim the waiting Amaryllis.

"Oh, will he tell his love to me?
That I love him 'tis plain to see,"
so sighed poor Amaryllis.
When Strephon met the lovely maid
the verse and wreath he shyly laid,
near by her feet to pale and fade,
like lovelorn Amaryllis.

"Oh, Strephon, have you naught to tell?"
He turned and saw the bosom swell
of lovely Amaryllis,
The shy youth felt his heart grow bold,
he took her hand, his love he told,
then in his arms, he did enfold,
and kiss sweet Amaryllis.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Amaryllis 1894
Lyrics by Francis Neilson
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright 1894 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 02 February 2004 at 12.42
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Prince Ananias." -  An Original Comic Opera
At First produced at the Broadway Theatre N.Y.
by "The Bostonians" [Sung by Jessie Bartlett Davis
of the Bostonians].
Publication: New York: Edward Shuberth & Co., 1894.
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