Over The Mountains 1899 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Mar 2006
2006

Over the mountain road so steep,
we started at early dawn,
o'er the cliffs so high,
in the gorges deep,
we rushed ever swiftly on.
ever at risk of life and limb,
galloping on like mad.
In the early light of the morning dim;
Ah! what a ride we had.

With crack of whip and a creak of wheel,
Hi! Hi! Hallo ho!
How the old coach would rock and reel,
Hi! Hi! as we go!
There's never a mountain road too steep,
nor a cliff that towers above,
there's never a danger
that can keep me from the man I love.
There's never a danger
that can keep me from the man I love.

Sentinels challenged us here and there,
but never our course we stayed,
and the bullets were flying ev'rywhere,
we galloped undismayed.
E'en through the lines of the Spanish host,
rushing so wildly on;
and the peasants thought they had seen a ghost,
there in the early dawn.

With crack of whip and a creak of wheel,
Hi! Hi! Hallo ho!
How the old coach would rock and reel,
Hi! Hi! as we go!
There's never a mountain road too steep,
nor a cliff that towers above,
there's never a danger
that can keep me from the man I love.
There's never a danger
that can keep me from the man I love.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Over The Mountains 1899
from "Cyrano de Bergerac"
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 28 March 2006 at 21.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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