ONE KISS
From the Broadway Operetta "The New Moon" (1928)
(Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Evelyn Herbert (Broadway Production) - 1928
Evelyn Laye (London Production) - 1928
Nat Shilkret & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Munn) - 1929
Grace Moore (Film Soundtrack) - 1930
Jeanette MacDonald (Film Soundtrack) - 1940
Jane Powell - 1949
Florence George - 1950
Lucille Norman - 1950
Eleanor Steber - 1950
Frances Greer - 1951
Jane Wilson - 1953
Dorothy Kirsten - 1963
Barbra Streisand - 1966
Lesley Garrett - 1996
Also recorded by:
Percy Faith & His Orch; Bobby Hackett; Peggy Lee;
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch; Paul Weston & His Orch;
Stanley Black & His Orch; Billy May And His Orch.
In this year of Seventeen-Ninety-Two
Our conventions have been thrown all askew
And I know I'm out of date wWhen I seek one mate
One faithful lover true
To be really in the fashion today
You must have a dozen beaux in your sway
But somehow I don't believe in the modern plan
I want to wait for just one man
(It's more fun to love 'em all)
Kiss 'em all, short and tall)
I have another scheme
It's my only dream
One kiss, one man to save it for
One love for him alone
One word, one vow, and nothing more
To tell him I'm his own
One magic night within his arms
With passion's flower unfurled
And all my life I'll love only one man
And no other man in the world
(You've been reading stories of romantic glories)
(Are you growing sad for your Galahad?)
Soon my Knight may find me
Softly steal behind me
Put me on a horse
And carry me away
Laugh all you like at me
I'll find my man, you'll see
One kiss, one man to save it for
One love for him alone
One word, one vow, and nothing more
To tell him I'm his own
One magic night within his arms
With passion's flower unfurled
And all my life I'll love only one man
And no other man in the world
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As recorded by Jeanette MacDonald
for the 1940 film "New Moon":
In this year of Seventeen-Ninety-Two
Our conventions have been thrown all askew
And I know I'm out of date when I seek one mate
One faithful lover true
To be really in the fashion today
You must have a dozen beaus in your sway
But somehow I don't believe in the modern plan
I want to wait for just one man.
One kiss, one man to save it for
One love for him alone
One word, one vow, and nothing more
To tell him I'm his own
One magic night within his arms
With passion flowers unfurled
And all my life I'll love only one man
And no other man in the world
(Musical Break)
Laugh all you like at me
I'll find my man, you'll see
One kiss, one man to save it for
One love for him alone
One word, one vow, and nothing more
To tell him I'm his own
One magic night within his arms
With passion flowers unfurled
But all my life I'll love only one man
And no other man in the world
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - July 2005)
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