Perfume Of The Past 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13Apr2025
2025

Oft when love dies,
still some tender mem'ry lingers,
maybe sad eyes,
or the touch of clinging fingers,
but what mem'ries waken
when at twilight grey, love,
some faint perfume brings
dreams of a bygone day.

Perfume of the past
brings back again
sweet hours of gladness.
Dream too sweet to last
'twas just a vain midsummer madness,
Now the spell you cast
brings only pain
and beathes of sadness,
perfume of long ago
if love is dead
why haunt me so?

Perfume of the past
brings back again
sweet hours of gladness.
Dream too sweet to last
'twas just a vain midsummer madness,
Now the spell you cast
brings only pain
and beathes of sadness,
perfume of long ago
if love is dead
why haunt me so?

Broken love dreams
as the years roll on should vanish
lost hope, vain schemes,
time from memory should banish.
But my sad heart tells me
I shall ever care love,
when I recall the perfume
in your dear hair.

Perfume of the past
brings back again
sweet hours of gladness.
Dream too sweet to last
'twas just a vain midsummer madness,
Now the spell you cast
brings only pain
and beathes of sadness,
perfume of long ago
if love is dead
why haunt me so?

Perfume of the past
brings back again
sweet hours of gladness.
Dream too sweet to last
'twas just a vain midsummer madness,
Now the spell you cast
brings only pain
and beathes of sadness,
perfume of long ago
if love is dead
why haunt me so?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Perfume Of The Past 1922
English Lyrics by Ray Morelle
Music by Edward Mayson
© MCMXXII by Edition Karl Brull, Vienna.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 13 April 2025 at 16.09
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne