The singer must go but will return for his queen, 1900.
words and music by Leslie Stuart
This song is from the musical Florodora. In the plot, after Frank Abercoed refuses to marry Lady Holyrood, his boss, Gilfain, decrees he will marry her or be discharged. Once discharged, he will return to England. In this song, he tells Dolores he must go but will return for her if she waits patiently.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- There is a garden fair, set in an eastern sea
There is a maid keeping her tryst with me
In the shade of the palm, with a lover’s delight
Where ’tis ever the golden day, or a silvery night
How can I leave her alone in this dream of sweet Arcadia?
How can I part from her for lands away?
In this valley of Eden, fairest isle of the sea
Oh, my beloved, bid me to stay
In this fair land of Eden, bid me, belov’d, to stay
Chorus
Oh, my Dolores, Queen of the Eastern sea!
Fair one of Eden, look to the west for me!
My star will be shining, love
When you’re in the moonlight calm
So be waiting for me by the Eastern sea
In the shade of the sheltering palm
- There is an island fair, girt by a Western sea
Dearest, ’tis there one day thou’lt go with me
‘Neath the glorious moon, hand in hand we will roam
Hear the nightingale song of June, in the dear Land of Home!
There, dearest heart, will the past but seem an idle vision?
Naught but a dream that fadeth fast away
And the songs we were singing, in Elysian vales
Seem but a carol of yesterday
Happy songs we were singing, songs of a bygone day
Sung here by Fred Feild: