Niscona 1905

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Oct 2008
2008

There lives a dusky maiden
down in Mataboo
she's waiting there for me,
she knows I will be true,
Dark hair and rosy cheeks
and eyes that brightly shine,
My own Niscona dear.
When stars shine brightly
in the sky above,
we'll wander side by side.
In some cool glade
where palm trees shade
to her I'll gently sing:

Won't you, Niscona,
come back with me
'twill be a happy day
all tribes will meet to greet you
Tomtoms will loudly play,
you will, my dusky Queen reign supreme
when in our native land.
Won't you Niscona sail with me
across the southern sea.

This little dusky maiden
sent a chief to say
she wanted lots to wear,
new dresses ev'ry day,
and that she'd come to me
if all these things I do,
I sent to say I would.
Then there was a great feast
and she was called
"Niscona, Queen of Siest."
And while they danced
she heard a voice
which seemed to say to her:

Won't you, Niscona,
come back with me
'twill be a happy day
all tribes will meet to greet you
Tomtoms will loudly play,
you will, my dusky Queen reign supreme
when in our native land.
Won't you Niscona sail with me
across the southern sea.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Niscona 1905
Music by Mollie King
Lyrics by Clifton H.Wright
© 1905 by Royal Music Company
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 16 October 2008 at 22.29
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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