The Alpine Horn 1899 'The Singing Girl'

James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 22 Jul 2004

In a valley green, towering hills between,
with the Alps high above,
I would gladly dwell.
As a Switzer belle,
with the one I best love.
In a rose clad cot,
what a happy lot,
to repose free from care.
For all grief is banned
from that Alpine land,
and melody is everywhere.

There's the plashing of the silver fountain
A...........h!
On its rippling way a down the mountain.
A.........h!
There's the music too,
of maiden laughter.
on the lightest breezes borne,
Echoing clear at first,
then distant after,
while far off sounds the Alpine horn.
Tra la, tra la, tra la

[Dance:]

'Mid the Alpine snows,
where so lovely grows
Edelweiss, flowret rare.
I would dwell with thee,
never lonely be,
Love can make winter fair.
And for thee I wait
at our cottage gate,
when the sun set in flame.
For that song so light
echoing from the bright,
as my love homeward to me came.

There's the plashing of the silver fountain
A...........h!
On its rippling way a down the mountain.
A.........h!
There's the music too,
of maiden laughter.
on the lightest breezes borne,
Echoing clear at first,
then distant after,
while far off sounds the Alpine horn.
Tra la, tra la, tra la

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Alpine Horn 1899
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
© MDCCCXCIX by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 22 July 2004 at 12.15
in association with Doug Grierson
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Sung by Miss Alice Nielsen
As produced by the Alice Neilsen Opera Co. at The Casino, New York
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Music by Victor Herbert.
The Alpine Horn. Tyrolean Song & Dance
from "The Singing Girl"
Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1899.
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