Love Is Spring 1894 'Prince Ananias'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Jan 2004

A ray of golden sunlight fell
across my life when you passed by,
I felt my heart with rapture swell.
A glance, 'twas all, and love came nigh;
and love came nigh and fluttered round,
all thro' the hours till spring made bright,
the earth with myriad flow'rs was crowned,
for thee, my love,
for thee, my love, for thee,
my heart's delight.

In beauteous garb was nature clad,
when heart to heart we pledged our troth;
the birds with joyous song made glad,
and clearest heaven smiled on both.
For love is spring, and ne'er grows old,
when once the light shines clear and bright;
what though the earth is crowned with gold?
Love flow'rs for thee, my heart's delight!
What though the earth is crowned with gold?
Love flow'rs for thee, my heart's delight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Love Is Spring 1894
Lyrics by Francis Neilson
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright 1894 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 19 January 2004 at 23.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Prince Ananias." -  An Original Comic Opera.
Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1894.
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Victor Herbert's First operette
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