On A Desert Island With Thee 1927 'A Connecticut Yankee'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 May 2005

[He:] Come, sit thee near;
place thyself upon my knee;
make an end of thy fear,
for I love but thee in Camelot.
[She:] Oh, no not here
where observed of all we'll be.
Should thy father appear,
he would surely scold and damn a lot.
[He:] Care not a jot,
hearken to my plot:
Soon we'll retreat to a sweet spot!

Oh for a year on a desert island with thee,
out in the sheer middle of the sea.
We'll sing trala;
wouldn't we be happy and gay,
with thy mamma many miles away?
In the morning air
murmur a blessing; first we'll eat,
then we will dress, if it's fair,
we'll be caressing,
if it rains we'll caress.
Who knows next year
what the population will be;
out in the middle of the sea?

[She:] I'll pack each little thing for thee.
What ten books shall I bring for thee?
(We'll need some books to read:)
[He:] Thou needst not bring ten books along,
if thou wilt bring thy looks along,
'twill be enough for me.
If the heat begins to swelter,
we won't have to fear the sun.
We will lie beneath a shelter
only big enough for one.
[She:] Let the prudish people quarrel;
we'll forget them for the nonce.
If they think our love immoral,
"Honi soi qui mal y pense."
[He:] I'll dress the way that Adam did.
[She:] And I the way his Madam did.
[He:] I'll see enough of thee!

Oh for a year on a desert island with thee,
out in the sheer middle of the sea.
We'll sing trala;
wouldn't we be happy and gay,
with thy mamma many miles away?
In the morning air
murmur a blessing; first we'll eat,
then we will dress, if it's fair,
we'll be caressing,
if it rains we'll caress.
Who knows next year
what the population will be;
out in the middle of the sea?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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On A Desert Island With Thee 1927
from "A Connecticut Yankee"
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
© 1927 by Williamson Music and the Estate of Lorenz Hart
in the United States. copyright renewed.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 03 May 2005 at 20.18
in association with Doug Grierson
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