Just A Spray Of Wattle 1910 Australian Song

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Aug 2004

It was at a famous theatre,
'twas a scene beyond compare,
each heart was stirred
within that brilliant throng.
When a simple girl that evening
stood before the footlight's glare
and poured her soul into a simple song.
Then amidst the shower of roses
that around the singer falls
tied with a simple lover's knot of blue.
Came a tiny bunch of wattle
from a lad within the stalls,
with a note that read:
I love fond and true."

Just a bunch of wattle
from your far off home,
gathered from the roadside,
where we used to roam;
Golden is the blossom
as my love for you,
wear this bunch of wattle,
if your heart beats true.

Far away in dear Australia,
where the wattles are in bloom.
Her fondest thought
in golden fancy strays.
And her heart is wildly beating
as she scents the faint perfume
that takes her mem'ry back to other days.
From her eyes, with lovelight burning
down her cheeks the teardrops flow,
to her lips the bunch of wattle fondly pressed.
And with joy the lad next evening
reads the answer he would know,
for she wears the bunch of wattle
on her breast.

Just a bunch of wattle
from your far off home,
gathered from the roadside,
where we used to roam;
Golden is the blossom
as my love for you,
wear this bunch of wattle,
if your heart beats true.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
choir
choir
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Just A Spray Of Wattle 1910
Written & Composed by Harold Lindsay
© 1910 by Allan & Co. Prof. Ltd. Australia
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 August 2004 at 00.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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Online Resources: http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an6064903
courtesy of National Library of Australia
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