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Thread #5243   Message #29907
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Jun-98 - 07:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Carousel Waltz
Subject: RE: Lyrics Needed: The Carousel Waltz
Hmmm. Maybe I AM wrong - but only part wrong. Julie Andrews has an album called Broadway: the Music of Richard Rodgers, and it has a waltz medley that starts with "Carousel Waltz." While there might not be actual lyrics to "Carousel Waltz," it is wonderfully woven in with the lyrics and tunes of Rodgers & Sondheim's "Do I Hear a Waltz" and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "It's a Grand Night for Singing," "A Wonderful Guy," "Out of My Dreams," "Oh What a Beautiful Morning," and "This Nearly Was Mine." I think it's an absolutely wonderful recording, but then I've been in love with Julie Andrews ever since Mary Poppins came out. The "Carousel Waltz" is such a haunting, persistent melody that you'd think it should have words.
-Joe Offer-