Teach Me To Forget 1911 'The Rose Shop'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Jan 2004

In a lovely garden, where the roses grow,
seeking information that I yearned to know;
questioning a rosebud that was smiling there,
happiest of flowers in that garden fair!

"Tell me, pretty rosebud,
why you blush vermilion red!"
Rosebud breathed a perfumed sigh
and hung her pretty head,
Then her dewy ruby lips
spoke these words of truth:

"Life is love and love is life,
of everlasting youth."

"Listen, pretty rosebud,
to the secret I would tell,
there's a sweet emotion,
that within my heart doth dwell.
I have followed your advice,
and much to my regret!
'Twas you who taught me how to love,
now teach me to forget!"

I could not help smiling at the rosebud's plea,
joys of love as she described,
unknown to me.
Soon I learned the lessons,
as decreed by fate,
to love's tender yearnings to capitulate.

Cupid came aknocking at my door,
I let him in,
little naked urchin, in the cold,
it seemed a sin,
I, completely charmed by his pretty art,
warmed the little vagabond
within my throbbing heart.

"Listen, pretty rosebud,
to the secret I would tell,
there's a sweet emotion,
that within my heart doth dwell.
I have followed your advice,
and much to my regret!
'Twas you who taught me how to love,
now teach me to forget!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Teach Me To Forget 1911
Lyrics by Joseph Herbert
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMXI by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 16 January 2004 at 00.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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Sam S. and Lee Shubert Inc. Present Fritzi Scheff
in the New Comic Opera - "The Rose Shop."
Lyric by Joseph Herbert. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1911
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