THE DESERT SONG 
From the Operetta "The Desert Song"
(Sigmund Romberg / Otto Harbach / Oscar Hammerstein II) (1925)

Mario Lanza with Judith Raskin (soprano).

Also recorded by :
Stanley Black; Kitty Carlisle; Edith Day; Wilbur Evans; Percy Faith;
Kathryn Grayson; The Hi-Lo's; Osie Johnson; Dorothy Kirsten;
London Promenade Orch.; Gordon MacRae; Billy May; Steven Rainbolt;
Sky Cries Mary; Anthony Warlow; Harry Welchman; David Whitfield.


(Extra lines missing!)

1-
My desert is waiting;
Dear, come there with me.
I'm longing to teach you
Love's sweet melody.

I'll sing a dream-song to you,
Painting a picture for two:

Blue heaven and you and I,
And sand kissing a moonlit sky.
A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby,
Only stars above you
To see I love you.

Oh, give me that night divine
And let my arms in yours entwine.
The desert song calling,
Its voice enthralling
Will make you mine.

2- (not performed in Mario's record)
Cool zephyrs shall fan you
In noon's fiery hour,
While shady oases
We'll seek for a bow'r.

Allah sends gifts from above;
Gives you my life and my love.

Blue heaven and you and I,
And sand kissing a moonlit sky.
A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby,
Only stars above you
To see I love you.

Oh, give me that night divine
And let my arms in yours entwine.
The desert song calling,
Its voice enthralling
Will make you mine.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - July 2005)