Twilight In Barakeesh 1908 'The Rose of Algeria'

James Pitt-Payne, LOndon UK - 25 Jan 2004

Crimson the minaret
grows in the western glow
twilight in Barakeesh falls!
High o'er the market place
stilling the throng below
clear there the muezzia calls!
And while on high
the silver crescent swings
unto his love
An Arab rover sings.

True as the blade of my scimitar keen
staunch as the steel of the shield that I wear
is my love, oh, Gulnare!
Is the love that I give thee Gulnare.
And when my sword on the enemy's rings
When 'gainst my shield swift
his arrow he wings
May they death to me bear
should I false to thee be Gulnare!

True as the blade of my scimitar keen
staunch as the steel of the shield that I wear
is my love, oh, Gulnare!
Is the love that I give thee Gulnare.
And when my sword on the enemy's rings
When 'gainst my shield swift
his arrow he wings
May they death to me bear
should I false to thee be Gulnare!

A.....h!

Tambour and castanet
join in the serenade
stars over Barakeesh glow!
Out of the desert's heart
cool as a mountain rill,
winds of the eventide blow!
And while o'er all
the night its mantle flings
unto his love
An Arab rover sings.

True as the blade of my scimitar keen
staunch as the steel of the shield that I wear
is my love, oh, Gulnare!
Is the love that I give thee Gulnare.
And when my sword on the enemy's rings
When 'gainst my shield swift
his arrow he wings
May they death to me bear
should I false to thee be Gulnare!

True as the blade of my scimitar keen
staunch as the steel of the shield that I wear
is my love, oh, Gulnare!
Is the love that I give thee Gulnare.
And when my sword on the enemy's rings
When 'gainst my shield swift
his arrow he wings
May they death to me bear
should I false to thee be Gulnare!

A.....h!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Twilight In Barakeesh 1908
Lyrics by Glen MacDonough
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMVIII by Chas. K. Harris
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 25 January 2004 at 20.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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"The Rose of Algeria"
Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough. Music by Victor Herbert.
Victor Herbert Publication: New York: Chas. K. Harris, 1908.
Twilight in Barakeesh. (Zoradie and Chorus).
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