Vilia - 1907 - The Merry Widow

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 26 Mar 2002

There once was a Vilia,
a fair elfin maid;
By night 'neath the moon,
through the woodland she strayed.
A huntsman came by,
and beheld her, amazed;
With wonder and joy on her beauty he gazed.
Youth was not to be denied;
to take her in his arms he sighed,
Vale and hill echo to his lovesong still:
Vilia, oh Vilia, my Nymph of the Night,
Calling, enthralling my heart with delight
Vilia, oh Vilia, be mine ever true,
Gladly would I die for you!
Vilia, oh Vilia, be mine ever true,
Gladly would I die for you!
The Vilia replied with a soft, tender kiss:
The boy knew a moment of heavenly bliss.
Then pale in the sky
dawned the first light of day;
The Vilia was gone, vanished dreamlike away.
Far and wide he sought in vain;
Their lips would never meet again,
Vale and hill echo to his lovesong still:
Vilia, oh Vilia, my Nymph of the Night,
Calling, enthralling my heart with delight
Vilia, oh Vilia, be mine ever true,
Gladly would I die for you!
Vilia, oh Vilia, be mine ever true,
Gladly would I die for you!
Gladly would I die for you!

Soft karaoke
Words
flute
bassoon
str left channel
solo horn
brass
str right channel
pizz
karaoke line
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Vilia 1908
from 'The Merry Widow'
Music by Franz Lehar
copyright 1908 Chappell and Co. Ltd.
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Tuesday 26 March 2002 at 11.42
in association woith Doug Grierson
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