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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

Source: http://www.akh.se/harbel/lyrics/dont_ever_love_me.htm