From the musical “The Desert Song”, 1926
Words by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Sigmund Romberg
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
My desert is waiting;
Dear, come there with me.
I’m longing to teach you
Love’s sweet melody.
I’ll sing a dream-song to you,
Painting a picture for two
Refrain
Blue heaven and you and I,
And sand kissing a moonlit sky.
A desert breeze whispering a lullaby,
Only stars above you
To see I love you.
Oh, give me that night divine
And let my arms in yours entwine.
The desert song, calling
Its voice enthralling
Will make you mine