Those Were The Good Old Times 1899 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Mar 2004

[Cyrano:] I was a boy,
a hulking sort of boy.
you were a dainty little girl;
Always very neat,
delectable and sweet,
flaxen hair so carefully in curl.
Neighbors we did dwell,
I remember well,
that when away to school you'd go
we would always meet
at the corner of the street,
somehow it always happened so.

[Cyrano:] Oh those were
the good old times, you know,
[Roxane:] Of childish hopes and aims;
[Cyrano:] Of merriest songs
and rhymes you know,
[Roxane:] And sometimes kissing games.
[Both:] We ne'er had a sorrow
nor thought of the morrow;
the world was a great, big toy,
When I was a dainty little girl,
and you were a clumsy boy.

[Roxane:] I was a girl,
a silly little girl,
bashful - always as a mouse;
you would be papa,
I would be mamma,
when we played at keeping house,
as doctor you would call,
in your father's hat so tall,
whene'er I thought my doll was ill;
saying very sad:
"Baby's very bad,"
Then you'd prescribe a candy pill.

[Cyrano:] Oh those were
the good old times, you know,
[Roxane:] Of childish hopes and aims;
[Cyrano:] Of merriest songs
and rhymes you know,
[Roxane:] And sometimes kissing games.
[Both:] We ne'er had a sorrow
nor thought of the morrow;
the world was a great, big toy,
When I was a dainty little girl,
and you were a clumsy boy.

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Those Were The Good Old Times 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 Wednesday 17 March 2004 at 11.44
in association with Doug Grierson
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"Cyrano de Bergerac" -  A Comic Opera in 3 Acts.
As Produced by Francis Wilson and company,
at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York
Sung by Mr. Wilson and Miss Glaser
Music by Victor Herbert. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith.
Harry B. Smith Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1899
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