SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE
(Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg)

Nelson Eddy

Also recorded by:

Phil Abraham; Barbara Adamson; Jamey Aebersold; Toshiko Akiyoshi;
Altered States; Leonardo Amuedo; The Applebaum Jazz Piano Duo;
Paul Arslanian; Georges Arvanitas; Albert Ayler; Kenny Baker;
Baker-Baldwin Radiogram Washboards; Kenny Ball; Billy Bang;
Kenny Barron; Gerry Beaudouin; Joe Beck; Aaron Bell; Tony Bennett;
George Benson; Stanley Black; Francy Boland; Boston Jazz Ensemble;
Don Braden; Nick Brignola; Alan Broadbent; Jeri Brown; Tyrone Brown;
Vinnie Burke; Joe Burton; Tutti Camarata; Michel Camilo; 
Royce Campbell; Conte Candoli; José Carreras; Ron Carter;
Frank Catalano; Joe Chambers; Paul Chambers; June Christy;
Sonny Clark; Kenny Clarke; Jay Clayton; Arnett Cobb; Tom Cohen;
Al Cohn; Cal Collins; John Coltrane; Ray Conniff; Jackie Coon;
Marc Copland; Stanley Cowell; Claes Crona; Bing Crosby; Bobby Darin;
The Daugherty McPartland Group; Miles Davis; Richard Davis;
Steve Davis; Buddy DeFranco; Rein de Graaff; Philip DeGruy;
Nat Dixon; Dwayne Dolphin; Eric Dolphy; Chano Domínguez;
Lou Donaldson; Kenny Drew; John Eaton; .... and many others.



Love came to me
Gay and tender
Love came to me
Sweet surrender
Love came to me
In bright romantic splendor
Fickle was she
Faithful never
Fickle was she
And clever
So will it be – forever – forever
Softly, as in a morning sunrise
The light of love comes stealing
Into a new born day -- oh
Flaming with all the glow of sunrise
A burning kiss is sealing
The vow that all betray
For the passions that thrill love
And lift you high to heaven
Are the passions that kill love
And let you fall to hell
So ends the story
Softly, as in an evening sunset
The light that gave you glory
Will take it all away