Music and light, Youth and delight, Dance with me now till the day be born. Pleasure is ours through the long sweet hours, Till the last note dies on the dawn. Time passes by - Roses may die, Life may be short and its joys be few - Just for tonight all the world is bright With the glamour of love - and you! Thoughts for the light, Dreams for the night - Lean to me, sing to me soft and low' - Look in my eyes till our laughter dies And your beauty is all I know! Time passes by - Roses may die, Life may be short and its joys be few - Just for tonight all the world is bright With the glamour of love - and you!
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Text Authorship:
- by Githa Sowerby (1876 - 1970), after an Abruzzese folk song [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "First Waltz" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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