ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
Time and again I’ve longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did I long for? I never really knew.
Finding your love I’ve found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,
And some day I’ll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!
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All the Things You Are with music by Jerome Kern was written for the 1939 musical Very Warm for May. In 1944 it was later featured in the film “Broadway Rhythm.” The American Oscar Hammerstein was famous as a brilliant song-writer. He co-wrote around 850 songs and his collaboration with Richard Rodgers in shows like Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music has ensured that his name is still remembered more than 50 years after his death.
Next post Monday - a 19th century protest poem!!!
-oo0oo-
On Sunday at Thomas Hardy the Wessex Poet -
continuing the Satires of Circumstance series
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com
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Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
Time and again I’ve longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did I long for? I never really knew.
Finding your love I’ve found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
All that I want in all of this world is you.
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,
And some day I’ll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!
-oo0oo-
All the Things You Are with music by Jerome Kern was written for the 1939 musical Very Warm for May. In 1944 it was later featured in the film “Broadway Rhythm.” The American Oscar Hammerstein was famous as a brilliant song-writer. He co-wrote around 850 songs and his collaboration with Richard Rodgers in shows like Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music has ensured that his name is still remembered more than 50 years after his death.
Next post Monday - a 19th century protest poem!!!
-oo0oo-
On Sunday at Thomas Hardy the Wessex Poet -
continuing the Satires of Circumstance series
http://thewessexpoet.blogspot.com
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
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