Sand Dunes

My desert rose, 1918.
words and music by Byron Gay

This cool Arabian tune can be used for the One-Step. For that purpose I got the tempo a little slow. Sand Dunes was followed by songs about Araby and it’s sheiks.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Out where hot sands are blowing
    Out where the dunes are growing
    Lonely lands filled with beauties rare
    Dreams of sweet desert perfumes
    Mem’ries of rolling sand dunes
    Make me long for an angel there
    Sand dunes are calling
    Sand dunes are calling

Chorus
Fairest of flowers is my sweet desert rose
And happy were all the hours
When o’er hills of sand we would roam
No clouds or showers in this land of repose
A world of true love is ours
Sweetheart, in our little sand dunes home

  1. Love, love, my heart is breaking
    Love, love, my soul is aching
    As the folds of my dreams unfurl
    Come back, I hear you saying
    Come back, I hear you praying
    Back to “San Dunes” your sand dunes girl
    Sand dunes are calling
    Sand dunes are calling

Sung here by Fred Feild: