GIANNINA MIA
(Rudolf Friml (m) / Otto A. Harbach (l)  )

Deanna Durbin (live)
Sung during Eddie Cantor Show (Texaco Town)
January 17th 1937
October 20th 1937

Also sung by:

Richard Tauber
Allan Jones
Jeanette MacDonald
Harry Secombe


In my gondola, love, let us glide
O’er the drowsy blue lagoon
And float on the yellow tide
Where sleeps the dreaming moon.

I’ll fashion a crown you’ll adore
From the gold that lies shimmering there
And the silvery pearls from the dripping oar
I will set in your hair.

For I adore, I adore you Giannina mia
More, more and more, I adore you Giannina mia
Queens there have been who in ages of old
Shone more resplendent with jewels and gold
Precious jewels not half so rare dear
As the splendor of your wondrous hair dear.

For I adore, I adore you Giannina mia
More, more and more, I adore you Giannina mia
My heart’s your throne dear
My heart’s your throne, dear
There you shall rule alone
Alone.



(Transcribed by David Story - August 2013)