Here's To My Comrades And Me 1908 'The Prima Donna'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Feb 2004

Poets may sing of the beauties of spring,
or the stars shining softly above;
others may swear that they're quite in despair,
when away from the girl that they love;
but spring may bring rain,
and the moon quickly wane,
and the girl may not love you for long.
For me then the joys
with my comrades, the boys,
of tobacco, good wine and a song!
For altho' for a while
all the world seems to smile,
and we know not a grief or a care,
these are times when we find
that our friends are unkind,
and we feel that the world is unfair.
But of friends I've a few
who are steadfast and true,
good or ill tho' my fortune may be;
what is mine they may show,
what I need they will spare,
so here's to my Comrades and me!

For altho' for a while
all the world seems to smile,
and we know not a grief or a care,
these are times when we find
that our friends are unkind,
and we feel that the world is unfair.
But of friends I've a few
who are steadfast and true,
good or ill tho' my fortune may be;
what is mine they may show,
what I need they will spare,
so here's to my Comrades and me!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Here's To My Comrades And Me 1908
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 17 February 2004 at 21.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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Charles Dillingham's Production by the Fritzi Scheff Opera Company
"The Prima Donna"
Music by Victor Herbert. Book & Lyrics by Henry Blossom.
Henry Blossom Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1908.
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