A popular song from 1916.
Words by Fleta Jan Brown.
Music by Herbert Spencer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I know a tropic moon that’s beaming
I know a steadfast heart that’s dreaming
I hear a southern breeze whisper to fragrant trees
Over the pond are fireflies gleaming
Refrain
Down in old Brazil the Amazon’s flowing
In the forest crimson lillies are growing
There I left my heart and now I am going
Back to live in old Brazil
- Two arms still wait for my returning
Two eyes are bright with love light burning
Two lips are tempting me, fresh as the tulip tree
Bluebirds are singing whsile I’m yearning
Refrain
In the grand pavillion lovers are dancing
Flirting with their flow’rs and eyes so entrancing
Over oceans I still see their gay glancing
‘Neath the moon in old Brazil