MY BOLERO
(James Kennedy / Nat Simon)

as recorded by Vic Damone
with Glenn Osser & His Orchestra
1949


Take me
Where the drums will awake me,
Take me
Where the Bolero began!

My Bolero
Was a dance in your arms,
With the strangest alarms
In my heart!

My Bolero,
That was our night of nights
With a thousand delights
From the stars!

The drums began to beat
To music wild and sweet,
Sending jungle heat
To my soul!

The moon began to rise;
You told me with your eyes
The message that tom-toms repeat
As they roll.

My Bolero
Was temptation divine
With a lover's design;
In a kiss you were mine!

Now to my lonely room
There comes drifting perfume,
And I'm once again in your arms!

Take me
Where the drums will awake me,
Take me
Where the Bolero began!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2019)