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Thread #1733 Message #1613853
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-Nov-05 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Yellow Bird
Subject: ADD: Don't Ever Love Me (Irving Burgie)
It's also supposed to be in an Irving Burgie Caribbean songbook I have somewhere. If you find the sheet music, please send me a scan or MIDI, Robin. Check the lyrics, too. Thanks. -Joe Offer- There's also an Irving Burgie song that uses the same tune. It was recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1957:
Don't Ever Love Me (Irving Burgie)
While in that gay tropic isle, I first saw that maiden smile Tho' I had failed in the past I said this is true love at last But then she whispered to me That our love never could be
Destiny, oh when will I see the day, Hopelessly, I've wandered so long this way This could never be, she said pleadingly Don't ever love I'm just fancy free This could never be, she said pleadingly Don't ever love me
My love was motion and grace, The moonlight soft on her face, I held her close in my arms, My heart was quick to her charms, But then I saw in her glance, It was just an evening's romance
Destiny, oh when will I see the day, Hopelessly, I've wandered so long this way This could never be, she said pleadingly Don't ever love I'm just fancy free This could never be, she said pleadingly Don't ever love me