Just A Voice To Call Me Dear 1917 'The Riviera Girl'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 08 Mar 2005

[Sylva:] I used to think
it would be sweet if at my feet,
the world in worship fell,
I thought that happiness and fame
were just the same;
Success spelled joy as well.
I thought that if loud plaudits rang
when e'er I sang,
that that would be enough,
but not the shining fabric of my dreams,
it seems, was made of tinsel stuff.
[Men:] We are your slaves,
point out the way and we'll obey,
Queen of song,
our queen you are indeed.
[Sylva:] My gen'rous friends
your words I find far too blind,
but this is all I need.

Just a voice to call me "dear"
Just a hand in mine,
just a whisper in my ear:
"Darling, you're divine."
Rove the land and cross the sea
in your search for bliss,
you could never bring to me
greater joy than this.

[Sylva:] Oh, Joy's a bird
that we pursue with wings of blue,
to each in turn revealed,
and ever as we try to clutch,
it suns our touch,
and leads us far afield,
so capture it before it goes,
we all suppose
a simple task enough;
we follow where e'er valleys,
hills and streams, it gleams,
and oh, the road is rough.
[Men:] Oh let us help you in that chase,
from place to place,
if we searched together,
could we miss?
[Sylva:] But I could share it all alone,
long I've known, if fate but gave me this.

Just a voice to call me "dear"
Just a hand in mine,
just a whisper in my ear:
"Darling, you're divine."
Over roads that twist and wind,
howsoe'er you roam,
Joy's blue bird you'll only find,
when you're safe at home.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Just A Voice To Call Me Dear 1917
Music by Emmerich Kalman
Lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse
from "The Riviera Girl"
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 08 March 2005 at 22.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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Another song with Wodehouse lyrics
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