Gypsy Love Song 1898 'The Fortune Teller'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Jan 2004

The birds of the forest are calling for thee
and the shades and the glades are lonely;
summer is there with her blossoms fair,
and you are absent only.
No bird that nests in the greenwood tree
but sighs to greet you and kiss you,
all the violets yearn,
yearn for your safe return,
but most of all I miss you.

Slumber on my little gypsy sweetheart,
dream of the field and the grove,
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland
where your fancies rove?
Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart,
wild little woodland dove,
can you hear the song that tells you
all my heart's true love?

The fawn that you tamed
has a look in its eyes
that doth say: "We are too long parted;"
Songs that trolled by our comrades old
are not now as they were lighthearted,
The wild rose fades in the leafy shades;
its ghost will find you and haunt you,
all the friends say come,
come to your woodland home,
and most of all I want you.

Slumber on my little gypsy sweetheart,
dream of the field and the grove,
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland
where your fancies rove?
Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart,
wild little woodland dove,
can you hear the song that tells you
all my heart's true love?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Gypsy Love Song 1898
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MDCCCXCVIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 25 January 2004 at 17.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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Vocal Selections From - "The Fortune Teller"
As Produced by The Alice Nielsen Opera Co.
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1898.
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