GYPSY LOVE SONG
From the Broadway musical "The Fortune Teller" (1898)
(Victor Herbert / Henry Bache Smith)

William F. Hooley - 1899
Reinald Werrenrath - 1920
Chico Marx (feat. in the film "The Cocoanuts) - 1929
Bing Crosby & Frances Langford - 1938
Benny Goodman & His Orch. - 1939
Cab Calloway & His Orch. - 1945

Also recorded by:
Connee Boswell with Bob Crosby & His Bob-Cats;
Vaughn Monroe; Isley Brothers; Alfredo Campoli;
Jerry Hadley; ..... and others.


The birds of the forest are calling for thee
And the shades and the glades are lonely
Summer is there with her blossoms fair
And you are absent only

No bird That nests in the greenwood tree
But sighs to greet you and kiss you
All the violets yearn, yearn for your safe return
But most of all I miss you

Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart
Dream of the field and the grove
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland
Where your fancies rove

Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart
Wild little woodland dove
Can you hear the love song that tells you
All my heart's true love

The fawn that you tamed has a look in its eyes
That doth say, "We are too long parted"
Songs that are trolled by our comrades old
Are not now as they were light hearted

The wild rose fades in the leafy shades
Its ghost will find you and haunt
All the friends say come, come to your woodland home
And most of all I want you


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As recorded by BING CROSBY & FRANCES LANGFORD:


FRANCES:
The birds of the forest are calling for thee
And the shades and the glades are lonely
Summer is there with her blossoms fair
And you are absent only

BING:
No bird That nests in the greenwood tree
But sighs to greet you and kiss you
All the violets yearn, yearn for your safe return
But most of all I miss you

BOTH:
Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart
Dream of the field and the grove
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland
Where your fancies rove

FRANCES: Slumber on
BING: Slumber on
FRANCES: My little gypsy sweetheart
BING: Little gypsy
FRANCES: Wild little woodland dove
BING: All my heart's true love
BOTH: Can you hear the love song that tells you
BOTH: All my heart's true love


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2005)


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