Poppy Time In Old Japan 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 May 2009
2009

'Tis fiesta night in old Japan so fair,
and ev'rywhere is joy and laughter
the fireflies shimmer
lanterns glimmer
and o'er the radiance
there comes a fragrance
of scented flowers that fill the golden hours,
bringing back the mem'ries of a happy day.
The world was new dear
I'd found you, dear,
and you stole my heart away.

For it's poppy time
in Yokohama
and I think of you, Asama, mine,
I can see the land
of all my dreaming
where the sweet wisterias twine.
There's the same old moon
in all its splendor
rising o'er the temples of Hosan,
as each breeze blows
love grows
and it's poppy time in old Japan.

For it's poppy time
in Yokohama
and I think of you, Asama, mine,
I can see the land
of all my dreaming
where the sweet wisterias twine.
There's the same old moon
in all its splendor
rising o'er the temples of Hosan,
as each breeze blows
love grows
and it's poppy time in old Japan.

One sunny day I had to sail away
and leave my Geisha maid behind me
in Yokohama, where Asama,
you would be yearning
for my returning,
and when I came back
to the land of flowers,
I found you had vanished
like the morning dew.
The world seems blue, dear,
without you, dear,
for you took the sunshine, too.

For it's poppy time
in Yokohama
and I think of you, Asama, mine,
I can see the land
of all my dreaming
where the sweet wisterias twine.
There's the same old moon
in all its splendor
rising o'er the temples of Hosan,
as each breeze blows
love grows
and it's poppy time in old Japan.

For it's poppy time
in Yokohama
and I think of you, Asama, mine,
I can see the land
of all my dreaming
where the sweet wisterias twine.
There's the same old moon
in all its splendor
rising o'er the temples of Hosan,
as each breeze blows
love grows
and it's poppy time in old Japan.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Poppy Time In Old Japan 1915
Music by Will E.Dulmage
Lyrics by E.J.Meyers
© MCMXV by Forster Mus.Pub. - Chicago
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sequence by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 21 May 2009 at 00.04
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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