THE VAGABOND KING WALTZ aka HUGUETTE WALTZ
From the Broadway Show "The Vagabond King" (1925)
(Rudolf Friml / Brian Hooker)

Jane Carroll (Broadway production) - 1925
Norah Blaney (London production) - 1927
Lilian Roth (first film version) - 1930
Rita Moreno (film version) - 1956
Oreste Kirkop (record version)

Also recorded by:

Frances Bible - 1951
Mario Lanza & Judith Raskin - 1958
Sandra Ross & Ohio Light Opera Orch.; Savoy Orpheans; 
Teresa Ringholz & Eastman Dryden Orch.; John Hanson; 
Billy May Orch.; ..... and others.



Hearts may flower for an hour
Tho' they die in a day
Lips may kiss
Blind with bliss
Ere they learn to betray
Light Love, smiling, untrue
Bright Love, what would you do
If I give my Love to you before I wander away?

Never try to bind me,
Never hope to know
Take me as you find me,
Love and let me go.
Tho' the loves we leave behind us
Change and fade away.
Never mind, you may be mine to day.

Never try to bind me,
Never hope to know
Take me as you find me,
Love and let me go.
Tho' the loves we leave behind us
Change and fade away.
Never mind, you may be mine to day.


*****


Oreste Kirkop Version:



Never try to bind me,
Never hope to know
Take me as you find me,
Love and let me go.
Tho' the loves we leave behind us
Change and fade away.
Never mind, you may be mine to day.

(Orchestral Break)
Take me as you find me,
Love and let me go.
And tho' the loves we leave behind us
Change and fade away.
Never mind, you may be mine to day.


*****



(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - July 2006)