Isle Of Capri 1934 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 12Jan2014
2014

Somewhere far away
over Naples Bay
that's where my thoughts
keep on turning,
down by the sea
where romance came to me
picturing the scene
and what might have been
but it's in vain
that I'm yearning,
Fate changed it all
and I'm left to recall:

'Twas on the Isle of Capri
that I found her
beneath the shade
of an old walnut tree
Oh! I can still see
the flow'rs blooming round her
where we met on the Isle of Capri,
She was as sweet as a rose
at the dawning
but somehow fate
hadn't meant her for me
and tho' I sailed with
the tide in the morning
still my hearts on
the Isle of Capri.
Summer time was nearly over
blue Italian sky above,
I said: "Lady I'm a rover
can you spare
a sweet word of Love?"
She whispered softly:
"It's best not to linger."
and then as I kissed her hand
I could see
she wore a plain golden ring
on her finger
'twas goodbye on
The Isle of Capri.

'Twas on the Isle of Capri
that I found her
beneath the shade
of an old walnut tree
Oh! I can still see
the flow'rs blooming round her
where we met on the Isle of Capri,
She was as sweet as a rose
at the dawning
but somehow fate
hadn't meant her for me
and tho' I sailed with
the tide in the morning
still my hearts on
the Isle of Capri.
Summer time was nearly over
blue Italian sky above,
I said: "Lady I'm a rover
can you spare
a sweet word of Love?"
She whispered softly:
"It's best not to linger."
and then as I kissed her hand
I could see
she wore a plain golden ring
on her finger
'twas goodbye on
The Isle of Capri.

Soft Italian eyes
dark as midnight skies,
sleeping or waking they haunt me,
their magic thrill
holds a spell on me still
tho' I know for me
this love may not be
why does a sweet voice
still taunt me
lost love, it seems
you just bring empty dreams.

'Twas on the Isle of Capri
that I found her
beneath the shade
of an old walnut tree
Oh! I can still see
the flow'rs blooming round her
where we met on the Isle of Capri,
She was as sweet as a rose
at the dawning
but somehow fate
hadn't meant her for me
and tho' I sailed with
the tide in the morning
still my hearts on
the Isle of Capri.
Summer time was nearly over
blue Italian sky above,
I said: "Lady I'm a rover
can you spare
a sweet word of Love?"
She whispered softly:
"It's best not to linger."
and then as I kissed her hand
I could see
she wore a plain golden ring
on her finger
'twas goodbye on
The Isle of Capri.

'Twas on the Isle of Capri
that I found her
beneath the shade
of an old walnut tree
Oh! I can still see
the flow'rs blooming round her
where we met on the Isle of Capri,
She was as sweet as a rose
at the dawning
but somehow fate
hadn't meant her for me
and tho' I sailed with
the tide in the morning
still my hearts on
the Isle of Capri.
Summer time was nearly over
blue Italian sky above,
I said: "Lady I'm a rover
can you spare
a sweet word of Love?"
She whispered softly:
"It's best not to linger."
and then as I kissed her hand
I could see
she wore a plain golden ring
on her finger
'twas goodbye on
The Isle of Capri.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Isle Of Capri 1934 JPitt-Payne
Music by Will Grosz
Lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy
© MCMXXXIV by The Peter Maurice Music Co.Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 12 January 2014 at 15.06
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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