A 1920 popular song.
This melody came from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca.
words and music by Al Jolson and Vincent Rose
The sheet music:
Accompaniment played by “Perfessor” Bill Edwards:
Lyrics
- Every morning mem’ries stray
Across the sea where flying fishes play
And as the night is falling, I find that I’m recalling
That blissful all enthralling day
Chorus
I found my love in Avalon, beside the bay
I left my love in Avalon, and sail’d away
I dream of her and Avalon, from dusk ’til dawn
And so I think I’ll travel on, to Avalon
- Just before I sail’d away
She said the word I long’d to hear her say
I tenderly caress’d her, close to my heart I press’d her
Upon that golden yesterday
Sung here by Fred Feild: