I Cannot Sing Tonight1 1895

Ian Cousins, Opera Australia & James Pitt-Payne, London UK

I cannot cannot sing tonight,
nay ask me not to sing;
My heart's too full of memories
which wildly round me cling
and thoughts will press of other hours
once happy hours to me.
Of one who made life beautiful
I cannot sing to thee;
Of one who made life beautiful.
I cannot sing to thee.
I cannot sing to thee.
I cannot song to thee.

I cannot cannot strike one chord
No! no, I may not sing.
What can dispel the spirits cloud,
when hope has taken wing,
let me forget the Circean draught
I've quaff'd of brief delight
and then I will your bidding do.
But oh no song tonight,
And then I will your bidding do.
But oh no song tonight,
but oh no song tonight.
But oh no song tonight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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I Cannot Sing Tonight 1895 Lavenu2
by L. Lavenu
composed expressly for Madame Carandi
Published by J.R.Clarke, Music Seller, Sydney, Australia
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sequence and karaoke by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK & Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Friday 20 February 2004 at 09.13 GMT
in association with Doug Grierson
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