The Lily and The Nightingale 1898 'The Fortune Teller'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Jan 2004

On a lake a white lily lay dreaming,
where the sunbeams love to stray,
a butterfly gaudily gleaming
just stopped to say Good Day.
And thus there began a flirtation
progressing, you know how,
ere the sun went to rest
the lily confessed:
"I never loved till now."
She said: "I was so lonely,
darling till you came,
you and you dear only
set my heart aflame,
ever I'll be true dear,
none is like you none,
I love you dear, of course,
you are the only one."

When the moon
on the lake there was beaming,
came the nightingale to woo.
The white lily welcomed him fondly,
and sighed: "I love but you."
She said as she said to the other
with all a coquette's art:
"I have ne'er loved before,
it is you I adore
with all my maiden heart."
She said: "I was so lonely,
darling till you came,
spare my blushes only,
I must blush for shame,"
but that bird was wary,
he had heard that tale,
"I believe you dear, ha, ha,"
laughed the nightingale.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha,
ah, ah,
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Lily And The Nightingale 1898
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MDCCCXCVIII by M. Witmark & Sons.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 20 January 2004 at 16.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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As Produced by the Alice Nielsen Opera Co. at The Casino, New York
From "The Fortune Teller." -  Comic Opera in 3 Acts.
Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1898.
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