Where The Fairest Flowers Are Blooming 1903 'Babette'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jan 2004

A..............................h
Where the fairest flow'rs are blooming
in the summer air 'neath the azure sky,
I would dwell 'mid their perfuming
knowing not a care.
Like a butterfly
with my leisure made for pleasure,
I would live just for love,
I would live A...................h!
for love only, I would live.

Ah, I would fly like a zephyr at night,
unto the place where my love
lies in dreams sweet and light,
I would watch o'er his dreaming awhile
and with one kiss his slumber beguile;
Then while the stars gleam through the night,
I would return winging my flight.
A.....h,
A.....................................h
Ah I would fly like a zephyr at night,
unto the place where my love
lies in dreams sweet and light,
I would watch o'er his dreaming awhile
and with one kiss his slumber beguile;

Where the fairest flow'rs are blooming
in the summer air 'neath the azure sky,
I would dwell 'mid their perfuming
knowing not a care.
Like a butterfly
with my leisure made for pleasure,
I would live just for love,
I would live A...................h!
for love only, I would live.

A......................h
A......................h

Ah, what joy it would be,
so to be free,
life would be fair,
without a care.
Joy it would be if I could be free,
Yes, I gladly would live
as the gay butterfly away.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Where the Fairest Flowers Are Blooming 1903
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
Music by Victor Herbert
copyright MCMIII by M. Witmark & Sons
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 January 2004 at 09.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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Chas. B. Dillingham Presents Fritzi Scheff,
The Famous Grand Opera Artiste.
Sing the Butterfly Waltz song from "Babette"
A Romantic Comic Opera
Publication: New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1903.
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