LOVE FOR SALE
From "THE VAGABOND KING"

Music by Rudolf Friml, lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H.Post

Sung by Julie Bryan on the John Hanson recording

Here's your dream of happiness-
For a handful of gold.
Here's beauty in distress-
Easy to have and to hold;
For love's a trade for any maid
Where love is bought and sold!

Love for sale, love for sale,
Ready for any who'll buy;
Proud and pale, fond and frail,
Merry or sorry or shy!

A sad, mad, fleet, sweet, bitter thing-
Who should know better than I?
Love for sale, love for sale,
Free to any who'll buy!

A sad, mad, fleet, sweet, bitter thing-
Who should know better than I?
Love for sale, love for sale,
Free to any who'll buy!


(Transcribed by Claire Weiner - February 2014)