UNDERNEATH THE SPANISH STARS
By Edith Segal
Oh I dreamed of Spanish gardens, señoritas and guitars,
Spanish moonlight, lovers dancing underneath the Spanish stars.
And I fancied I would go there, quite romantic was I then
to dance and click the castanets, Lo recuerdo muy bien.
Oh I never stopped to think at all that there might come a war,
stain my pretty Spanish shawl and break my sweet guitar.
And now I think it's time ot waken, end my dreaming of romance,
and join the anti-fascists to halt Franco's advance.
...
And when that's done we'll dance again and we'll sing and strum guitars,
and live again and love again underneath the Spanish stars.
Poem and Melody
Copyright 1981 by Edith Segal
published with chordal arrangement by Maddy Simon
recorded by Helene Williams and piano accompaniment by Leonard Lehrman, 1990
The lyrics for this song have been copied from a post by Leonard Lehrman on another Mudcat thread called
Lyr Req: Underneath the Spanish Stars-Moe Fishman
which was started to find out about this song. That thread gives further details about the song and can be reached using the link HERE
Leonard Lehreman has now posted Underneath The Spanish Stars sung by Helene Williams on YOUTUBE
Thank you Leonard Lehreman
Jim Dixon on the other thread says that there is a song called UNDERNEATH THE SPANISH STARS, written by Jack Payne and Irving King, published in 1930.Does anyone know if that song uses the same tune as the one used in the Helene Williams YouTube video?
From: GeoffLawes - PM
Date: 15 Oct 10 - 05:35 PM
I have found a sound clip of an Al Bowlly recording of Underneath The Spanish Stars. The clip does not have Al Bowlly singing and seems like only the introduction to the song but even so the tune does not seem as if it is going the same way as the tune for the Edith Segal song. Listen for yourself , Number 3 on this site, HERE
If anyone else can shed light on any connection it would be good but otherwise it looks as if Edith Segal's song is unconnected with the better known Payne/Bowlly song.