From the musical “Naughty Marietta”, 1910.
words by Rida Johnson Young
music by Victor Herbert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Tell me, kindly Fortune, tell me
If my love shall ever-faithful be
Tell me truly if my ever growing passion
Is returned, or lost, forever lost to me
Queen of hearts, you rule, you rule forever
Queen of hearts, whose power shall ever grow
No, no, no, no!
I’ll look, I’ll see no further
For if ’tis lost, I cannot dare not know
‘Neath the Southern moon
Oh, love so warm and tender
By the Southern sea
Oh, love so warm and free
‘Neath the spreading shade
Of palms, in sweet surrender
While the breezes perfume laden drift from sea
In the Southland, where the scent of the
Magnolias steep the soul in dreams
Of longing ecstasy
Where the tropics blooms so rare
Breathe their languor on the air
Let me dream and love
And live for thee! For thee!
Sung here by Fred Feild: