Only My Song - 1932 - Lehar

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia

I have made a song to sing to you;
That is all I bring to you,
Only my song.
But within my heart it grew,
Built around my love for you,
Woven with my hopes and fears,
Fashion'd from your smiles and tears.
Take it with my heart
This unworthy offering,
Just a poor and humble thing,
Lost among the throng.
I have made a song to sing to you;
That is all I bring to you,
Only my song.
I would give the stars above you
Just to tell you that I love you;
But no star is bright enough,
Heaven has not light enough,
When I see the brighter stars
within your eyes.
Ev'ry flow'r I'd gather for you,
Just to show that I adore you,
But you would not know my love,
Flow'rs can never show my love.
Earth has not enough to make you realise
There is nothing that is fair enough,
There is nothing that is rare enough,
All I've brought is just a thought
That has been wrought from lovers' sighs.
I have made a song to sing to you;
That is all I bring to you,
Only my song.
But within my heart it grew,
Built around my love for you,
Woven with my hopes and fears,
Fashion'd from your smiles and tears.
Take it with my heart
This unworthy offering,
Just a poor and humble thing,
Lost among the throng.
I have made a song to sing to you;
That is all I bring to you,
Only my song.
I have made a song to sing to you;
That is all I bring to you,
Only my song.

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Only My Song 1932 Lehar
Music by Franz Lehar
Lyric by Desmond Carter
after the German of Peter Herz
copyright MCMXXXII by Drei Masken Musik, Gmbh Berlin
English Edition Copyright MCMXXXII
by Chappell and Co Ltd
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Thursday 10 Jan 2002 at 07.42
in association with Doug Grierson
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