Love Is Like A Cigarette 1908 'Algeria'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jan 2004

My cigarette, sweet solace brings to me
thy mystic mists are filled with fantasy,
in thee I hold a necromancers wand,
from leaden care 'twill sever ev'ry load.
Thy increase mounts
in swirling curves above,
and as I dream, my fancy turns to love!

[He rolls a cigarette:]

Love is like a cigarette
(A cigarette may last as long)
lightest at a heart aflame
for a time its fire is strong.
Fragrant clouds then from us veil
ev'ry sorrow ev'ry doubt.
Till we wake at last to find
that our cigarette is out.

Love is like a cigarette
(A cigarette may last as long)
lightest at a heart aflame
for a time its fire is strong.
Fragrant clouds then from us veil
ev'ry sorrow ev'ry doubt.
Till we wake at last to find
that our cigarette is out.

My cigarette, thou art a magic key
unto the lock that prisons memory!
A touch from thee will open wide the door,
and ghosts release of days that are no more.
Bewitching shades! Each sadly smiles at me,
with each I swore, to love eternally!

[He rolls a cigarette:]

Love is like a cigarette
(A cigarette may last as long)
lightest at a heart aflame
for a time its fire is strong.
Fragrant clouds then from us veil
ev'ry sorrow ev'ry doubt.
Till we wake at last to find
that our cigarette is out.

Love is like a cigarette
(A cigarette may last as long)
lightest at a heart aflame
for a time its fire is strong.
Fragrant clouds then from us veil
ev'ry sorrow ev'ry doubt.
Till we wake at last to find
that our cigarette is out.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Love Is Like A Cigarette 1908
Lyrics by Glen MacDonough
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVIII by Chas. K. Harris
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 30 january 2004 at 19.28
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Algeria"
Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough. Music by Victor Herbert.
Mr. Frank McKee Presents The Musical Play - "Algeria"
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: Chas. K. Harris, 1908.
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