From the musical “Chu Chin Chow”, 1916.
Words Arthur Anderson.
Music by Grace Torrens.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Heat of the noon day! Hush of the June day!
Fragrant with perfume of roses
Calm and contented, and sandalwood scented
All nature a moment reposes
Stillness of night in the heart of the day
Safe for the sound of the fountain at play
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Refrain:
At Siesta time on the housetop
In the languorous haze of the day
That is the time when I ponder
When I wonder the hours away
It is life in essence of music
Set to a sensuous rhyme
Wonderful skies of cloudless blue
Wonderful eyes I gaze into
And wonderful dreams I dream with you
At Siesta time