Kismet 1920 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11May2014
2014

Out on the desert of old Arcady
there lived a maiden in captivity;
her heart and soul had been sold
into a Harem for gold,
and while they'd feast,
she'd turn her face to the East
and sing while
the Temple bells would ring.

Kismet!
The golden sunset
still finds me here a slave,
Tell me how long it will be
before my heart finds
the love I crave.
Kismet!
my lips have ne'er met
Kisses of love sincere;
Oh! come bring me my freedom
thou mighty Kismet
and take me from here.

Kismet!
The golden sunset
still finds me here a slave,
Tell me how long it will be
before my heart finds
the love I crave.
Kismet!
my lips have ne'er met
Kisses of love sincere;
Oh! come bring me my freedom
thou mighty Kismet
and take me from here.

Years brought more sorrow
the maid's cast aside,
All beauty gone,
her one thought is to hide;
yet in her youth
she had dreamed
heavenly visions it seemed,
now ev'ry night
beneath the mystic moonlight
she'd cry while
the desert winds would sigh.

Kismet!
The golden sunset
still finds me here a slave,
Tell me how long it will be
before my heart finds
the love I crave.
Kismet!
my lips have ne'er met
Kisses of love sincere;
Oh! come bring me my freedom
thou mighty Kismet
and take me from here.

Kismet!
The golden sunset
still finds me here a slave,
Tell me how long it will be
before my heart finds
the love I crave.
Kismet!
my lips have ne'er met
Kisses of love sincere;
Oh! come bring me my freedom
thou mighty Kismet
and take me from here.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Kismet 1920 JPitt-Payne
by Herschel Henlere & Guido Diero
© MCMXX by Will Rossiter  Chicago, Illinois
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 11 May 2014 at 19.28
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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