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Thread #89756 Message #1695338
Posted By: Joe Offer
16-Mar-06 - 01:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Song Is Ended (in German, from R Tauber)
Subject: ADD: The Song Is Ended (Irving Berlin)
Well, if you like, I might be able to work out a transcription of the German. You can e-mail the MP3 to me, joe@mudcat.org - I can't handle attachments bigger than 1 MB, though. I think I've been able to verify that the song is the one written by Irving Berlin, so I have the English lyrics on hand. I thought I had the Tauber recording of that song, but I can't find it. -Joe Offer-
The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (Irving Berlin, 1927)
VERSE My thoughts go back to a heavenly dance, A moment of bliss we spend; Our hearts were filled with a song of romance As into the night we went And sang to our hearts' content.
CHORUS The song is ended. But the melody lingers on; You and the song are gone, But the melody lingers on. The night was splendid, And the melody seemed to say, "Summer will pass away; Take your happiness while you may." There neath the light of the moon We sang a love song that ended too soon; The moon descended And I found with the break of dawn, You and the song had gone, But the melody lingers on.
from The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin (Robert Kimball, 2001)