I'll See You Again
from Bitter Sweet
(Noel Coward)

Carl: Now Miss Sarah, if you please, Sing a scale for me.

Sarah: Ah--Ah--ah---

Carl: Take a breath and then reprise In a different key.

Sarah: Ah--Ah--ah---

Carl:

All my life I shall remember knowing you,
All the pleasure I have found in showing you
The different ways
That one may phrase
The changing light, and changing shade;
Happiness that must die,
Melodies that must fly,
Memories that must fade,
Dusty and forgotten by and by.

Sarah:

Learning scales will never seem so sweet again
Till our Destiny shall let us meet again

Carl:

The will of Fate
May come too late.

Sarah:

When I'm recalling these hours we've had
Why will the foolish tears
Tremble across the years,
Why shall I feel so sad,
Treasuring the memory of these days
Always?

Carl:

I'll see you again,
Whenever Spring breaks through again;
Time may lie heavy between,
But what has been
Is past forgetting.

Sarah:

This sweet memory,
across the years will come to me;
Though my world may go awry,
In my heart will ever lie
Just just the echo of a sigh,
Goodbye.

Reprise

I'll see you again,
I live each moment through again.
Time has lain heavy between,
But what has been
Can leave me never;
Your dear memory
Throughout my life has guided me.
Though my world has gone awry,
Though the years my tears may dry
I shall love you till I die,
Goodbye!
* * * *
Though my world has gone awry,
Though the end is drawing nigh,
I shall love you till I die,
Goodbye!

from The Lyrics of Noel Coward (by Noel Coward, 1965)

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Nice song, Clinton. Thanks for introducing us to it.
-Joe-