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Thread #47372   Message #707800
Posted By: Jim Dixon
09-May-02 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Suddenly the setting is changed...
Subject: Lyr Add: AND THE ANGELS SING (Mercer, Elman)
Copied from http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/mercer/AndTheAngelsSing.txt

AND THE ANGELS SING
Lyrics by: Johnny Mercer
Music by: Ziggy Elman
Prime Artist: Benny Goodman, 1939
Vocal: Martha Tilton [other sources say Helen Forrest]
Trumpet: Ziggy Elman

VERSE 1: We meet, and the angels sing.
The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard.
You speak, and the angels sing.
Or am I breathing music into every word?

BRIDGE: Suddenly, the setting is strange.
I can see water and moonlight beaming:
Silver waves that break on some undiscovered shore.
Suddenly, I see it all change:
Long winter nights with the candles gleaming,
Through it all, your face that I adore.

VERSE 2: You smile, and the angels sing.,
And, though it's just a gentle murmur at the start,
We kiss, and the angels sing,
And leave their music ringing in my heart!