My Angeline 1895 'The Wizard of the Nile'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Jan 2004

She kept her secret well, oh yes
her hideous secret well.
We were wedded fast
I knew naught her past;
for how was I to tell?
I married her, guileless lamb I was,
I'd have died for her sweet sake.
How could I have known that my Angeline
Had been a "human snake?"
We'd only been wed a week or two,
when I found her quite a wreck,
Her limbs were tied in a true lovers knot
at the back of her swanlike neck.
No curse there sprang to my pallid lips
nor did I reproach her then;
I calmly untied my lovely bride
and straightened her out again.

My Angeline! My Angeline!
Oh why didst disturb my mind serene!
My well beloved circus queen!
My human snake! My Angeline!
Oh why didst disturb my mind serene?
My well beloved circus queen!
My human snake! My Angeline!

At night I'd wake at midnight's hour
with a creepy, crawly feeling,
and there she would be
in her white robe de nuit
a walking on the ceiling.
She said she was the "human fly"
and she lifted me from beneath
by a section slight of my garb of night
which she held in her pearly teeth,
Oh, for the sweet sake of the "human snake,"
I'd have stood this conduct shady,
but she skipp'd at last with a gentleman friend
who had starr'd as the bearded lady.
But, oh at night
when my slumbers light
regret cometh o'er me stealing
Oh, where are those limbs
that tied fourinhand scarf?
How I miss those steps on the ceiling.

My Angeline! My Angeline!
Oh why didst disturb my mind serene!
My well beloved circus queen!
My human snake! My Angeline!
Oh why didst disturb my mind serene?
My well beloved circus queen!
My human snake! My Angeline!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Angeline 1895
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright 1895 by Edward Schuberth & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 21 January 2004 at 10.56
in association with Doug Grierson
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"My Angeline." -  Song. From "The Wizard of the Nile."
Comic Opera in Three Acts.
Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1895
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