Student Prince "Serenade"

[John De Salvio]

Hello again everybody!

Who has the rest of the lyrics to "Serenade" from The Student Prince"?

Overhead the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the vine,
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird,
Filling all the air with dreaming,

Would my heart but still its beating,
Only you can tell it how, beloved,
From your window give me greeting,
Hear my eternal vow.

.....the rest, please?

(Music by Sigmund Romberg, Lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly, 1924)

--
John

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[EMVEEVO]

Hi! That's all that's in the book I have. A couple of changes: Line 5:"Could"
instead of "would" and in the last line "I swear" instead of "hear".
I'll see if I can find my album and let you know if there are more words on it.

[Steve Farrell]

Interspersed here are a few corrections according to the music sheet.

EMVEEVO wrote:
>
> Hi! Don't know how much help this is,(because I have 2 rather different
> versions) but here is Serenade, taken from the Lanza album "Be My Love",
> published by Reader' Digest. I've listened several times and still can't make
> out a few of the words.
>
> SERENADE
>
> OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING
> WHITE AS BLOSSOMS ON THE BOUGH
> NOTHING IS HEARD BUT THE SONG OF A BIRD
> FILLING ALL THE AIR WITH DREAMING!
>
> COULD MY HEART BUT STILL ITS BEATING,
> ONLY YOU CAN TELL IT HOW--BELOVED!
> FROM YOUR WINDOW GIVE ME GREETING
> HEAR MY ETERNAL VOW.
>
> SOFT IN THE TREES SIGHS THE ECHO OF MY LONGING
> WHILE AROUND YOU MY DREAMS OF RAPTURE THRONG
>

CHorus part as per the sheet music reads:
Visions glowing around me thronging

> background singers:ANCIENT GLORIES AROUND ME___________???(could be "GLEAMING")
>
> MY SOUL, MY JOY, MY HOPE, MY DEAR
My fear (not my dear)

> YOUR HEART MUST TELL YOU THAT I AM NEAR
> LEAN FROM ABOVE WHILE I POUR OUT MY LOVE
> FOR YOU KNOW TO MY LIFE YOU ARE____________???
Love
Oh hear my longing cry!
Oh, love me , or I die!
>
> OH, HEAR MY LONELY CRY
> ???___________________________I DIE
>
Chorus:
Love Me!

> background singers: LONELY? (not sure of this)
>
> repeat: OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING
> WHITE AS BLOSSOMS ON THE BOUGH
> NOTHING IS HEARD BUT THE SONG OF A BIRD
> FILLING ALL THE AIR WITH DREAMING.
>
> COULD MY HEART BUT STILL ITS BEATING
> ONLY YOU CAN TELL IT HOW. COME, BELOVED
> FROM YOUR WINDOW GIVE ME GREETING
> OH, HEAR MY ETERNAL VOW!!
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------
> Then there's this version.
> This one is taken from my old, old Lanza album "The Student Prince"
>
> OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING
> WHITE AS BLOSSOMS ON THE BOUGH
> NOTHING IS HEARD BUT THE SONG OF A BIRD
> FILLING ALL THE AIR WITH DREAMING.
>
> COULD I HEAR THIS SONG FOREVER
> CALLING TO MY HEART ANEW, MY DARLING
> WHILE I DRIFT ALONG FOREVER
> LOST IN A DREAM OF YOU.
>
> I HEAR YOUR VOICE IN THE WIND THAT STIRS THE WILLOWS
> I SEE YOUR FACE IN THE STARS THAT SHINE ABOVE
>
> background singers: HOLD ME CLOSER,
> TONIGHT WE LOVE.
>
> THE WILLOWS BENDING, THE STARS THAT SHINE,
> THE SHORELINE BLENDING, THEY'RE YOURS AND MINE.
> DRIFTING ALONG IN MY HEART THERE'S A SONG
> AND THE SONG IN MY HEART WILL NOT FADE
>
> OH, HEAR MY SERENADE
> MY MOONLIGHT SERENADE
>
> background singers here. I can't understand what they're saying (perhaps it's
> "LONELY" or "LOVELY")
>
> OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING
> WHITE AS BLOSSOMS ON THE BOUGH
> NOTHING IS HEARD BUT THE SONG OF A BIRD
> FILLING ALL THE AIR WITH DREAMING.
>
> COULD THIS BEAUTY LAST FOREVER
> I WOULD ASK FOR NOTHING MORE, BELIEVE ME
> LET THIS NIGHT BUT LIVE FOREVER
> FOREVER AND EVERMORE.

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Steve Farrell

[EMVEEVO]

Hi! Don't know how much help this is,(because I have 2 rather different
versions) but here is Serenade, taken from the Lanza album "Be My Love",
published by Reader' Digest. I've listened several times and still can't make
out a few of the words.

SERENADE

OVERHEAD THE MOON IS BEAMING
WHITE AS BLOSSOMS ON THE BOUGH
NOTHING IS HEARD BUT THE SONG OF A BIRD
FILLING ALL THE AIR WITH DREAMING!

COULD MY HEART BUT STILL ITS BEATING,
ONLY YOU CAN TELL IT HOW--BELOVED!
FROM YOUR WINDOW GIVE ME GREETING
HEAR MY ETERNAL VOW.

SOFT IN THE TREES SIGHS THE ECHO OF MY LONGING
WHILE AROUND YOU MY DREAMS OF RAPTURE THRONG

background singers:ANCIENT GLORIES AROUND ME___________???(could be "GLEAMING")

MY SOUL, MY JOY, MY HOPE, MY DEAR

YOUR HEART MUST TELL YOU THAT I AM NEAR
LEAN FROM ABOVE WHILE I POUR OUT MY LOVE
FOR YOU KNOW TO MY LIFE YOU ARE____________???

OH, HEAR MY LONELY CRY
???___________________________I DIE

background singers: LONELY? (not sure of this)