Re: Song of Vilja

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On Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, hart...@athenet.net wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the André Rieu album with "Song of Vilja" on it and would love to
> find the proper lyrics. It was written by Franz Lehár for the operreta
> "The Merry Widow"
> or "Die Lustige Witwe" in German.
>
> Thanks for any help, it is a beautiful melody and I hope the words
> match!
> Jan

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I had, in the nid 1950s and probably still have the sheet nusic for "Vilia" Lyrics as I sang it then.

There once was a Vilia, a witch of the wood
A hunter beheld her alone as she stood
The spell of her beauty upon him was laid
He looked and he longed for the magical maid.
For a sudden tremor ran
Right through the love bewildered man
And he sighed as a hapless lover can
Vilia. o Vilia the witch of the wood
Would I not die for you dear if I could
Vilia o Vilia my love and my bride
Softly and sadly he sighed

The wood maiden smiled but no answer she gave
And beckoned him into the shade of the cave
He never had known such a rapturous bliss
No maiden of mortals so sweetly can kiss
As before her feet he lay
She vanished in the wood away
And hr cried vainly 'til his dying day

Vilia o Vilia...repeat

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