From the 1913 musical “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Louis F. Gottschalk.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- If a youth adores a damsel
Who beyond his reach is placed
Ev’ry charm the maid possesses
Is by distance doubly graced
To him ev’ry smile is radiant
Ev’ry glance a dart of flame
Ev’ry blush is like a sunset
Form and features, Venus shame
Chorus
She is a rainbow of bliss to him
And marvelous fair she seems
While from afar he worships his star
The goddess of all his dreams
Never a flaw in the gem, he sees
She is his joy and pride
The queen of his heart, though far apart
She is his Rainbow Bride
- Woe to him if she draws nearer
He will find her mortal clay
Should he see her closer, clearer
He’ll forever rue the day
Distance lends enchantment, surely
When a hopeless lover sighs
All his dreams are rainbow tinted
She’s perfection in his eyes
Sung here by Vancha March: