Volume I: MOZART MOSTLY
1967 - 1990
Benedictus
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Osanna in exceisis.
Hosanna in the highest.
Ching-a-ring chaw
Ching-a-ring-a-ring ching ching-a-ring hing
Ho-a-ding-a-ding kum larkee
Ching-a-ring-a-ring ching ching-a-ring hing
Ho-a-ding-a-ding kum larkee
Brothers, gather 'round, listen to the story
'Bout the Promised Land and the Promised Glory.
You don't need to fear if you have no mone;You don't need none there to buy you Milk and Honey.
There we'll ride in style - coach and six white horses;
There the evenin' mealhas one-two-three-four courses!
Nights we all will dance to the harp and fiddle,
Waltz and jig and prance and cast off down the middle
when the mornin' comes all in grand and splendour
Stand out in the sun and hear the holy thunder!
Brothers hear me out: the Promised Land's a comin'!
Dance and sing and shout: I hear them harps a strummin'!
Study War No More
'Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside,
Gonna study war no mre.
I ain't gonna study war no more
Ain't gonna study war no more.
Gonna lay down my burden.
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my burden.
Down by the riverside,
Gonna study war no mre.
I ain't gonna study war no more
Ain't gonna study war no more.
'Gonna walk with the Prince of Peace
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside,
Down by the riverside.
'Gonna walk ith the Prince of Peace
Down by the riverside,
Gonna study war no mre.
I ain't gonna study war no more
Ain't gonna study war no more.
Amen!
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child a long way from home.
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone a long way from home.
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the air
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the airB
Sometimes I feel like an eagle in the air a long way from home.
O true believer, a long way from home, a long way from home.
No. 8 Finale
THREE SPIRITS:
Your journey's end you soon will reach;
yet win you must by manly daring:
But harken to these words we teach:
Be silent, steadfast, and forbearing.
TAMINO
Ye kindly spirits, tell me, please,may I Pamina soon release?
THREE SPIRITS
To answer this we're not allowed;
Be silent, steadfast, and forbearing!
Have courage, Prince, brave be and proud.
Then you will win byt manly daring.
No. 16 Trio
THREE SPIRITS
Here in Sarastro's hallowed border
We bid you welcome once again,
And by Sarastro's will and order
You may your flute and bells regain.
No more shall you privation suffer;
May what we bring for all amend.
When for the third time aid we profer
Hardship and trouble are at end.
Tamino, hear: Triumph you will.
You, Papageno, pray be still.
Still, still, pray be still,
Still, still, pray be still!
No. 21 Finale
THREE SPIRITS:
Soon speeds the morning light proclaiming
The sunshine's golden way.
This youth, the pow'rs of dark defaming,
Shall see the light of day.
O calmness from above descending,
Reprieve all men from grief unending.
Then doomed are evil, sin, and vice,
And earth becomes a paradise,
and earth becomes a paradise.
FIRST SPIRIT:
But see, Pamina's torn by sadness!
SECOND and THIRD SPIRITS:
Where is she then?
FIRST SPIRIT:
She strays in madness.
Condemned by love to desperation;
Come, let us bring her consolation.
In truth, her life to us is dear!
Oh, were her lover only here!
She comes, she comes, she comes.
Let's stand aside and wait,
We must prevent her tragic fate.
PAMINA:
So only you remain to me!
My hear from pain through you I free.
THREE SPIRITS:
What darksome words we overhear!
Poor maiden, she is mad I fear.
PAMINA:
Oh, death, receive me as your bride.
With you I will, with you I will in peace abide.
THREE SPIRITS:
Madness at her heart is tearing.
Thus to death she goes despairing.
Lovely maiden, hear us now.
PAMINA:
End my being, 'tis the vow
That despairing I have taken;
By my love I am foresaken!
This my mother gave to me!
THREE SPIRITS:
Heaven's law will chasten thee!
PAMINA:
Rather by this blade I perish,
Then a loveless life to cherish.
Mother, Mother! Your curse is my bane
And through you I suffer pain.
THREE SPIRITS:
Maiden, will you come with us?
PAMINA:
No! I drain the cup of woe!
Faithless lover, I must go!
See, Pamina dies through thee!
Deadly weapon set me free!
THREE SPIRITS:
Ah, unhappy maid, have done!
Of your Prince let me remind you;
He would die should thus he find you.
For 'tis you he loves alone.
PAMINA:
Oh, he was not then unfeeling,
But his love within concealing,
As he turned his face away
Why in silence did he stay?
THREE SPIRITS:
This to tell you is forbidden,
But no longer be it hidden
That his heart is yours alone.
He is faithful, he is wise,
Even death for you defies.
Come, Tamino waits for thee!
PAMINA:
Guide me on, my love to see!
ALL:
Two hearts which love has bound together
The storms of life will firmly weather.
They fear no danger or alarm;
The gods will keep them safe from harm
Two hearts which love has bound together
The storms of life will firmly weather.
No enemy will threaten wrath,
The gods will smile upon their path.
No. 21 cont.
PAPAGENO:
No one came, my lot is cast;
So this moment is my last.
Not a hand will mine restrain.
Fare thee well, thou world of pain!
THREE SPIRITS:
Hold back, hold back, hold back!
O Papageno, hear our plea:
You live but once, and that enough should be,
You live but once, and that enough should be.
PAPAGENO:
My little friends, you are mistaken;
For if like me you were forsaken,
You, too, your luck with girls would try,
You, too, your luck with girls would try.
THREE SPIRITS:
Then take your magic bells and play them,
Your little sweetheart will obey them!
PAPAGENO:
How very foolishly I acted
I truly must have been distracted.
Play out, my silver bells, keep ringing,
And bring my maiden to my side,
And bring my maiden to my side.
THREE SPIRITS:
Now, Papageno, turn around.
Lord, \ Worthy
Lord, I am not worthy to have You under my rof,
But say the word and my soul will be healed.
You give me your body you give me your blood
Me a poor sinner, you who are God;
Adoring You Jesus Your Body and Blood
I thank You humbly my Lord and my God.
Lord, I am not worthy to have you under my roof,
But say the word and my soul will be healed.
I thank you my Saviour for this sacred food.
Help me to love You just as I should.
I give you my body I give you my breath,
All of my being in life and in death.
Lord, I am not worthy to have you under my roof,
but say the word and my soul will be healed.
Peter Wept
Peter wept great tears of sorrow
When he had denied our Lord.
Peter wept for he had wronged the Master he adored.
Help me love as Peter loved,
Help me love this way.
Then dear Lord I'll run back to you everytime I go astray.
Peter wept great tears of sorrow
When he had denied our Lord.
Peter wept for he had wronged the Master he adored.
All Our Yesterdays
All our yesterdays pictured me with you,
All our yesterdays still burn bright and new.
I recall the breathless magic of a moonlit walk,
And many precious moments when we smiled but didn't talk.
All our yesterdays seemed too good to last
Yet our happiness needn't all be past
If you could care, why should we go our separate ways?
For I love you and all our yesterdays.
Since you've gone though life goes on, it's wonderful no more;
Soon my dear may you be here, the girl that I adore.
All our yesterdays pictured me with you,
All our yesterdays still burn bright and new
I recall the breathless magic of a moonlit walk
And many precious moments when we smiled but didn't talk.
All our yesterdays seemed too good to last,
Yet our happiness needn't all be past.
If you could care, why should we go our separate ways?
For I love you and all our yesterdays.
Panis angelicus
Panis angelicus, fit panis hominum.
Heavenly bread that becomes the bread for all mankind
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum.
Bread from the angelic host that is the end of all imaginings.
Ores mirabilis manducat dominum.
Oh, miraculous thing! This body of God will nourish
Pauper, pauper servus et humilis.
Even the poorest,the most humble of servants.
Laudate dominum
(from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339)
Laudate dominum
O praise the Lord
Omnes gentes
all ye nations
Laudate eum
Praise Him
omnes populi
all ye people
Quoniam con firmata est
For His mercy is confirmed
super nos
over us
misericordia ejus
Have mercy on us.
et varitas domini
and the truth of the Lord
manet in aeternum
remains forever.
Amen.
Amen.
Exsultate, jubilate
Exsultate, jubilate,
Exult, rejoice,
o vos animae beatae.
o you happy souls.
Dulcia cantica canendo
Singing sweet songs,
cantui vestro respondendo,
and responding to your song,
psallant aethera cum me.
let the heavens psalm with me.
II. Recitativo
Fulget amica dies,
The lovely day shines,
jam fugere et nubila et procellae;
now the clouds and storms have fled.
Exortus est justis inexspectata quies.
An unlooked-for calm has arisen for the just.
Undique obscura regnabat nox,
Everywhere dark night reigned;
surgite tandem laeti,
now at last arise,
qui timuistis adhuc, et jucundi
happy ones, you who were fearful until now, and, joyful,
aurorae fortunatae
to the fortunate dawn
frondes dextera plena
give foliage
et Illia date.
and lilies with a full hand.
III. Tu virginum corona
Tu virginum corona,
You, crown of virgins,
tu nobis pacem dona,
grant us peace,
tu consolare affectus
and assuage the passions
unde suspirat cor.
from which our heart sighs.
IV. Alleluia
Alleluia.
Alleluja.
In my Spirit
(Bible Songs For Young Voices)
In my Spirit, said the Lord
There shall be born a one,
Whose words will be his weapon,
Whose face will be a sun.
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb;
The cow and bear shall feed;
The lion lie down with the calf;
And a little child shall lead.,
A little child shall lead
A little child shall lead
The babe may handle the asp
And it shall harmless be
When the earth is full of my knowledge
As the waters cover the sea.
Tosca: Act III
La voce di un Pastore
The Platform of Castel Sant Angelo
On the left is a casemate; im fromt, a table with a lamp on it, a huge register and writing materials; a bench and a chair. There is a crucifix on one wall of the casemate with a lamp hung in front of it. On the right is an opening on to a small staircase which comes up to the platform. In the distance are the Vatican and Saint Peter's. It is dawn; the sky is clear and the stars are shining.
(In the distance can be heard the bells from a flock of sheep.)
A shepherd
Io de' sospiri.
I send you
Ve ne rimanno tanti
as many sighs
Pe' quante foje
as there are leaves
Ne smoveno li venti.
blown by the wind.
Tu me disprezzi.
You scorn me,
Io me ci accoro,
and I am broken-hearted;
Lampene d'oro
lamp of gold,
Me fai morir!
for you I die!
(It is before dawn; the light is uncertain and grey. Matin bells ring.
Some Enchanted Evening
(South Pacific)
Some enchanted evening,
You may see a stranger
You may see a stranger
Across a crowded room.
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again.
Some enchanted evening,
Someone may be laughing,
You may hear her laughing
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems,
The sound of her laughtrer
Will sing in your dreams.
Who can explain it,
Who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.
Some enchanted evening,
When you find your true love,
When you hear her call you
Across a crowded room
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
For all through your life,
You may dream all alone.
Once you have found her,
Never let her go.
Once you have found her
Never let her go.
Lazy Moon
You must remember this,
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply...
Lazy moon, come out soon/B>
Make my poor heart beat waremer,
Light the way bright as day
For my sweet little charmer
She's to meet me in the lane tonight
If the sky is bright and clear.
O moon don't keep me waiting here tonight
Watching and waiting, heart a' palpitating,
Longing for my lady love so dear.
Lazy moon, lazy moon,
Why don't you show your face above the hill
Lazy moon, come out soon,
You can make me happy if you will
Now when my lady sees your face a'peepin'
Then when I know her promise she'll be keepin'
Tell me, what's the matter, are you sleepin'?
Lazy moon.
For Me and My Gal
What a beautiful day
For a wedding in May.
See the people all stare
At the lovable pair.
The bells are ringing for me and my gal.
The birds are singing for me and my gal.
Everybody's been knowing to a wedding they're going.
For weeks they've been sewing, every Susie and Sal.
They're congregating for me and my gal.
The parson's waiting for me and my gal.
And some day we're gonna build a little home for two
OR three or four or more.
In love and for me and my gal.
It Had To Be You
It had to be you, it had to be you,
I wandered around and finally found somebodyt who
Could make me be true, could make me feel blue.
And even be glad just to be sad, thinkin' of you.
some others I've seen, it had to be me.
I'm five foot ten, a man among men, and you're seven two
But with all your faults it's you I adore,
When you stand up, your hands touch the floor.
It had to be me, unlucky me, it had to be me.
Always
I'll be loving you always.
With a love that's true always.
When the things you've planned need a helping hand,
I will understand, always, always.
\Days may not be fair always.
That's when I'll be there always.
Not for just an hour, not for just a day.
Not for just a year, but always.
Makin' Whooppee
Another bride, another June, another sunny honeymoon,
Anothera season, another reason for makin' whooppee.
A lotta shoes, a lotta rights,
the groom is really nervous, he answers twice
It's really killing that he's so willing to make whooppee.
Picture a little lovenest down where the roses cling.
Picture that same sweet lovenest, think what a year can bring.
He's washin' dishes and baby clothes
He's so ambitious, he even sews.
So don't forget, folks, that's what you get folks for makin' whooppee.
Another year or maybe less, what's this I hear?Well can't you geuess
She feels neglected so he's suspected of makin' whooppee.
She sits alone most every night
He doesn't phone her, he doesn't write>B
He doesn't make much money
Only ifve thousand per
Some judge who thinks he's funny
Says he'll pay six to her
When he says "Judge, suppose I fail?"
The judge says "Budge riight into jail.
You'd better keep; I think it's cheaper than makin' whooppee.
Than makin' whooppee...
Than makin' whooppee.
You Made Me Love You
You made me love you, I didn't wanna do it, I didn't wanna do it
You made me want you and all the time you knew it, I guess you always knew it.
You made me happy sometimes, you made me glad.
But there were times dear, you made me feel so bad.
You made me sigh for, I didn't wanna tell you, I didn't wanna tell you
I want some love that's true, yes I do, 'deed I do, you know that I do.
Gimme, gimme, gimme, what I cry for
You know you've got the brand of kisses that I die for
You know you made me love you
Lullaby in Ragtime
Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock to a lullaby in ragtime.
Sleepy hands are creepin' to the end of the clock, play a lullaby in ragtime.
You can tell the Sandman is on his way, by the way, that they play
As still as the trill of a thrush in a twilight.
Hush, so you can hear the
Rhythm of the river on the side of the boat as you sail away to dremaland.
High above the moon you hear the silvery note as the Sandman takes your hand.
So rock-a-bye my baby, don't you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh.
Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby.
So rock-a-bye my baby, don't you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh,
Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby.
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
I wonder who's kissing her now.
I wonder who's showing her how.
I wonder who's looking into her eyes.
Breathing sighs, telling lies.
Oh I wonder who's buying the wine.
For lips that I used to call mine.
And I wonder if she ever tells him of me,
Oh I wonder who's kissing her now.
And I wonder if she ever tells him of me,
I wonder who's kissing her now.
What'll I Do
Gone is the romance that was so divine,
It's broken and cannot be mended.
You must go your way and I must go mine.
But now that our love-dream has ended.
What'll I do when you are far away and I am blue, what'll I do?
What'll I do when I am wondering who is kissing you, what'll I do?
What'll I do with just a photograph to tell my troubles to?
When I'm alone with only dreams of you that won't come true, what'll I do?
Nevertheless
Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong,
Maybe I'm weak and maybe I'm strong,
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you.
Maybe I'll win, maybe I'll lose, maybe I'm in for cryin' the blues,
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you.
Somehow I knew at a glance the terrible chances I'm taking.
Fine at the start then left with a heart that is breaking.
Maybe I'll live a life of regret, maybe I'll give much more than I'll get.
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you.
This Is All I Ask
As I approach the prime of my life,
I find I have the time of my life.
Learning to enjoy at my leisure all simple pleasures
And so I happily concede: this is all I ask, this is all I need.
Beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me.
Lingering sunsets, stay a little longer with the lonely sea
Childeren everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me
Take me to that strange enchanted land grownups seldom understand.
Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own.
Stars in the sky make my wish come true before the night has flown.
Let the music play as long as there's a song to sing.
And I will stay longer than spring.
As Time Goes By
You must remember this,
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply, as time goes by.
And when two lovers woo, they still say "I love you",
On that you can rely, no matter what the future brings, as time goes by.
Moonlight and lovesongs, never out of date,
Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man and man must have his mate.
That no one can deny.
It's still the same old story, a fight for love and glory,
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers, as time goes by.
Le temps des lilas
(from Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer
(Maurice Bouchor)
Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses
The time of lilacs and the time of roses
Ne reviendra plus à ce printemps-ci;
Will not come back again this spring;
Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses Estpassés,
The time of lilacs and the time of roses Has passed
Est passés, le temps des oeillets aussi.
and gone are the carnations too.
Le vent a changé, les cieux sont moroses,
The wind has changed, the Skies are somber,
Et nous n'irons plus courir, et cueillir
And we shall never again hasten to gather
Les lilas en fleur et les belles roses;
The blooming lilacs and the lovely roses;
Le printemps est triste et ne peut fleurir.
The spring is sad and cannot flourish.
Oh! joyeux et doux printemps de l'année,
Oh 1 joyful and sweet season of the year,
Qui vins, l'an passé, nous ensoleiller,
Which came, last year, to steep us in its sunlight,
Notre fleur d'amour est si bien fanée,
Our flower of love has so much faded,
Las! que ton baiser ne peut l'éveiller!
Alas! That your kiss cannot wake it up again!
Et toi, que fais-tu? pas de fleurs écloses,
And you, what are you doing? No more budding flowers,
Point de gai soleil ni d'ombrages frais;
No more gay sunshine nor cooling shades;
Le temps des lilas et le temps des roses
The time of lilacs and the time of roses,
Avec notre amour est mort à jamais.
With our love, is dead forever.
Roméo et Juliette: Ballade de la Reine Mab
(William Shakespeare)
Mab, la reine des mensonges,
Mab, the queen of dreams and visions,
Préside aux songes.
Of vain illusions.
Plus légère, plus légère
Even lighter, even lighter
que le vent Décevant,
Than the breeze O'er the trees,
À travers l'espace,
On thro' nightly spaces
À travers la nuit,
She athwart the skies
Elle passe, Elle fuit,
Ever passes, Ever flies,
Elle passe, Elle fuit,
Ever passes, Ever flies,
Elle passe, Elle fuit!
Ever passes, Ever flies!
Son char, que l'atõme rapide,
Her team is of atomies twain,
Entraïne dans l'éther l'impide,
Her traces are than cobweb finer,
Fut fait d'une noisette vide
Her car is from squirrel, the joiner,
Parver de terre, le charon!
And of a hazelnut 'tis made!
Les harnais, subtile dentelle,
For a top a grasshopper's wing,
Ont é té déconps
And a thistledown spring!
Dans l'aile de quelque verte sauterelle,
Her driver, A small grey gnat, he made the cover,
Par son cocher, le moucheron!
That she may lie well in the shade.
Un os de grillon sert de manche
A film is the lash of her whip,
À son fouet, dans la mèche blanche
And the stock, is a cricket bone;
Est prise au rayon
"Twas wound from the rays
qui s'épanche
of the moon
De Phoebé rassemblant sa cour.
When high it shone in the sky above.
Chaque nuit, dans cette équipage,
Ev'ry night, so airily carried,
Mab visite, sur son passage,
Mab doth wander, and where she's tarried
L'époux qui rëve de veuvage,
The spouse will dream that he's unmarried,
Et l'amant qui rëve d'amour!
And the lover dreameth of love!
À son approche , la coquette
And the coquette, when Mab is nearing,
Reve d'autours et de toilette,
Dreams of apparel gay she's wearing,
Le courtisan fait la corbette,
Suitors to bow dream of preparing,
Lo poïte rime ses verts!
And the rimester rimeth his rime!
>À l'avare en son gïte sombre,
Then the miser, in sordid slumber,
Elle ou'vre des trésors sans nombre,
Sees riches more than he can number,
Et la liberté rit dans l'ombre
And the prisoncell chill and sombre,
Au prisonnier chargé de fers
Brightens in freedom's ray sublime!
Le soldat rëve d'embruscades,
And the soldier dreams of ambuscades,
De batailles et d'estocades,
Of healths five fathom deep, and Spanish blades,
Elle lui verse les rasades
Waken'd by roaring cannonades
Dans ses l'auriers sont arrosés.
He swears a prayer or two, then sleeps again.
Et toi, qu'un soupir effarouche,
And thou, whom a sigh discomposes,
Quand tu reposes sur ta couche,
When soft thine eye in slumber closes,
O vierge! elle efleure ta bouche
O maid! she thy lip lightly crosses,
Et fait rïver de baisers!
Making thee to dream kisses then!
Mab, la reine des mensonges,
Mab, the queen of dreams and visions,
Préside aux songes.
Of vain illusions.
Plus légère, plus légère
Even lighter, even lighter
que le vent Décevant,
Than the breeze O'er the trees,
À travers l'espace,
On thro' nightly spaces
À travers la nuit,
She athwart the skies
Elle passe, Elle fuit,
Ever passes, Ever flies,
Elle passe, Elle fuit,
Ever passes, Ever flies,
Elle passe, Elle fuit!
Ever passes, Ever flies!
Catalogue Aria
Madamina!
Little lady,
Il catalogo è questo
this is the record
delle belle, che amo il padron mio;
of the beauties my master has loved;
Un catalog e gli è che ho fatto io;
'Tis a catalogue that I myself compiled.
osservate, legge con me.
Come closer, read it with me.
In Italia sei cento e quarante;
In Italy, six hundred and forty,
In Almagna due cento e trent' una,
in Germany two hundred and thirty-one,
cento in Francia, in Turchia novant' una;
One hundred in France, in Turkey ninety-one,
ma in Ispagna, son gia mille e tre!
but in Spain already one thousand and three!
V'han fra queste contadine, cameriere, cittadine,
Hear are country wenches, chamber maids and city ladies,
V'han contesse baronesse, marchesane, principesse,
Countesses, baronesses, marchionesses, princesses,
e v'han donne d'ogni grado,
There are women of every social class,
d'Ogni forma, d'ogni eta,
Every shape and every age.
Nella bionda egli ha l'usanza
With a fair haired girl his havit
di l'odarla la gentilezza,
Is to praise her kindness
nella bruna la costanza, nella bianca la dolcezza.
A brunette is always constant, a blonde is always sweet.
Vuol d'inverno la grassotta
In winter he likes plumpish girls,
vuol destate vuol d'estate la magrotta,
In summer, slender ones;
la grande maestosa.
Tall ones he calls majestic,
La piccina, la piccina, la piccina
The short ones
è ognor vezzosa
always dainty...
delle vecchie fa conquista
He seduces older women
pel piacer di porle in lista,
Just to add them to his list;
sulla passion predominante
But his ruling passion
è la giovin principiante;
Is for the young novice.
no si pieca, se sia ricca, se sia brutta,
He doesn't give a hoot for wealth, or ugliness
se sia bella, se sia ricca, brutta, se sia bella,
Or beauty; he doesn't give a hoot for wealth, or ugliness or beauty;
purchè porti la gonnella,
Provided that she wears a skirt,
voi sapete quel che fa.
You know what he'll do!
Some Enchanted Evening
(South Pacific)
Some enchanted evening,
You may see a stranger
You may see a stranger
Across a crowded room.
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again.
Some enchanted evening,
Someone may be laughing,,BR>You may hear her laughing
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems,
The sound of her laughtrer
Will sing in your dreams.
Who can explain it,
Who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.
Some enchanted evening,
When you find your true love,
When you hear her call you
Across a crowded room
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
For all through your life,
You may dream all alone.
Once you have found her,
Never let her go.
Once you have found her
Never let her go.