From the musical “The Three Kisses”, 1907
Words by Percy Greenbank
Music by Howard Talbot
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Night falls
And lanterns are gleaming on the gay Piazza
Far off
The whispering waves are calling
Calling us, and will not be denied
So, from our moorings we’ll start away
As shadows creep o’er the darkening Bay
My love and I and nobody else beside
Refrain
Gliding onward softly, softly
Through the summer night
Our barque we’ll gaily steer
O’er water calm and clear, Ah!
While the world lies dreaming, dreaming
‘Neath the silvery moon
Our voices will make the echoes awake
On shores of the wide lagoon
- Blow soft
O wind of the western sea that murmurs o’er us
Shine bright
O stars of the boundless blue to light our way
Wherever we may be
As drifting lazily down the tide
In perfect happiness, side by side
My love and I go sailing toward the sea