Catamarang 1909 "The King of Cadonia"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 Aug 2007
2007

As the Eastern Sun exhausts its rays
on Mount Lavinia's Summit haze,
there stands a Ceylon maid,
a neck and shoulders fair to view,
seerang colours of ev'ry hue.
Her hair in beaded braid,
when suddenly across Columbo bay
she seemed to see
a sight that made her heart
leap up in secret ecstasy,
a tiny craft that lay
on the horizon far away.
She knew it was her lover coming
home across the bay.

Catamarang!
Oh! silent Catamarang
won't you bring my lover back to me.
Softly she sang,
while your sails of white are spreading,
to my heart you bow is heading,
bringing somone to my wedding
Little catamarang Oh! silent Catamarang.

As the birdlike vessel sped along,
it seemed to answer to her song,
scorning the wind and tide,
defiant was the look it gave,
as bounding on from wave to wave,
bringing him to her side,
still on it came yet nearer,
with its bowsprit to the shore,
and reefing sail,
it skimmed upon the island
with a roar,
she rushed to him
and kissed his lips again and yet again.
In happiness and joy to know
her song was not in vain.

Catamarang!
Oh! silent Catamarang
won't you bring my lover back to me.
Softly she sang,
while your sails of white are spreading,
to my heart you bow is heading,
bringing somone to my wedding
Little catamarang Oh! silent Catamarang.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Catamarang 1909 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Percival Knight
© MCMIX by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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from "The King Of Cadonia"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 5 August 2007 at 3.13pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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