Love Is The Best Of All 1915 'The Princess Pat'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Mar 2004

Ah, when the world is so fair,
'tis a joy to live!
Ev'ry day seems to say:
Drink to the full of the pleasure I have to give,
banish care with gladness!
While for the night
there is music and soft perfume,
rhythmic dance, wild romance!
Happiness naught could surpass!
Yet, on the morrow, alas,
fortune may bring us
but heartache and sadness!

Be it then confessed,
life is but a jest!
Pass the time with laughter,
love and song!
Seeking to beguile,
with a merry smile,
weary hours when the world's going wrong.
Far from life apart, near to nature's heart,
Ah, what joy we find when old pleasures pal,
but a kiss will prove the raptures of love,
Ah! 'tis love that is best of all.
Ah! yes, 'tis love! 'Tis love!

Be it then confessed,
life is but a jest!
Pass the time with laughter,
love and song!
Seeking to beguile,
with a merry smile,
weary hours when the world's going wrong.
Far from life apart, near to nature's heart,
Ah, what joy we find when old pleasures pal,
but a kiss will prove the raptures of love,
Ah! 'tis love that is best of all.
Ah! yes, 'tis love! 'Tis love!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Love Is The Best Of All 1915
Lyrics by Henry Blossom
Music by Victor Herbert
© MCMXV by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 22 March 2004 at 17.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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John Cort Presents A New Comic Opera
The Princess "Pat" - with Eleanor Painter
Book and Lyrics by Henry Blossom. Music by Victor Herbert
Staged by Fred G. Latham
Victor Herbert - Fred G. Latham Publication:
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1915.
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