This Nearly was Mine(2) - 1949 - South Pacific

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 15 Mar 2002

One dream in my heart
One love to be living for
One love to be living for
This nearly was mine
One girl for my dream
One partner in paradise
This promise of paradise
This nearly was mine.
Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight.
Now, now I'm alone
Still dreaming of paradise,
Still saying that paradise
Once nearly was mine.
Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight.
Now, now I'm alone
Still dreaming of paradise,
Still saying that paradise
Once nearly was mine.

Soft karaoke
Words
synth str 1 treble
synth str 1 bass
synth str 1 mid range
fr hrn
Lyric Line
brass
pizz str
cello
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This Nearly Was Mine 1949
from 'South Pacific'
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Copyright by Williamson Inc., New York
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Friday 15 March 2002 at 11.06
in association with Doug Grierson
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This is the more usual version for the stage
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