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The leaves may be falling,
But April is calling
And the prim roses beckon me yonder.
For one more walk around the garden
One more stroll along the shore.
One more memory I can dream upon
Until I dream no more.
For one more time perhaps the dawn will wait
And one more prayer it's not too late
To gather one more rose
Before I say goodbye and close the garden gate.
That old urge is saying
It's time to go straying
Where no one but April can find me.
To try and recover
The heart of a lover
That I left lying somewhere behind me.
Just one more walk around the garden
One more stroll along the shore.
One more memory I can dream upon
Until I dream no more.
For one more time perhaps the dawn will wait
And one more prayer it's not too late
To gather one more rose
Before I say goodbye and close the garden gate.
One more rose before I close the garden gate.
Music: Burton Lane (1912-1997)
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Show: Carmelina (1979)
From: Encore (2002).
Source of the lyrics: thanks to Bruno Deschênes for the first three stanzas, found at this page; the remainder of the stanzas is written down by me, with thanks to April Zayais, Vlad Tovbin and Lyle Fletcher for corrections.
Lyle Fletcher wrote me of a version sung by Juiie Andrews; that version is about one minute longer that Sarah's version. Julie, wrote Lule, "sings it a lot more slowly and definitely more articulately and meaningfully, more as a nostalgic, wistful experience than as just a pretty song. It's definitely a different style and feel." From that version it became clear that the beginning of the fourth stanza is not "That old arch is ..." (as I had before), but rather "That old urge is ...", which in fact makes more sense -- it is impossible to hear what Sarah is actually singing there.
For some information on the musical Carmelina see for example this page at Musical Heaven or this page at Musicals101.com.
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