A love song from the 1912 operetta “The Firefly”.
words by Otto Hauerbach
music by Rudolf Friml
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- In my gondola, love, let us glide
O’er the drowsy, blue lagoon
And float on the yellow tide
Where sleeps the dreaming moon
I’ll fashion a crown you’ll adore
From the gold that lies shimmering there
And the silvery pearls from the dripping oar
I will set in your hair
Refrain
For I adore, I adore you, Giannina mia
More, more and more, I adore you, Giannina mia
Queens there have been, who in ages of old
Shone more resplendent with jewels and gold
Precious jewels not half so rare, dear
As the splendor of your wondrous hair, dear
For I adore, I adore you, Giannina mia
More, more and more, I adore you, Giannina mia
My heart’s your throne dear
My heart’s your throne dear
There you shall rule alone, alone
- Soon the moon will be drown’d in the tide
And her path of gold will fade
And the blue lagoon will hide
In night’s oblit’ring shade
And the pearls that I place in your hair
Will die as the gold and its sheen
You alone will remain for me radiant there
You shall still be my queen
Sung here by Fred Feild: