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
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: