Have a Heart (Bolton, Kern and Wodehouse)/Opening Chorus Act II

by Jerome Kern (music) and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics)

Opening Chorus

GIRLS, MEN.The weary sun has fled, and the day is o'er.
The moon reigns in his stead over sea and shore.
The soothing shadows fall like a cool caress
And darkness covers all, bringing happiness.
Who knows what woes may come tomorrow?
Sad tomorrow may be.
But fill your glasses high, and bid care goodbye.
Tomorrow is a long way off, you see.

Samarkand

TURK. Cigarettes,
Cigars and coffee!
Of the very finest, these!
Cigarettes,
Cigars and coffee!
At your service, if you please!
GIRLS. So let's be gay,
Let soft music play
Beneath the ray of moonlight so bright.
Though troubles may
MEN. Return with the day,
GIRLS. Be happy tonight.
TURK. The moon that shines up there,
Shines on my native land.
My heart is far away in Samerkand.
GIRLS. Ee-ah!
MEN. Ah!
GIRLS. Ee-ah!

TURK. Long ago in Samarkand, such nights I've known,
In that garden when I stand and wait alone.
In the moonlight wan and pale,
Singing with the nightingale
Sulima, your lover stands below.
GIRLS. Oh, that scented garden long ago.
TURK. Show your face and let it dim the jealous moon.
With your beauty, turn the night to flaming noon.
See how brightly yonder star
Glitters down from heaven's bar;
Your bright eyes will gleam more brightly far,
My Sulima!

The nightingale,
Took up the tale.
We sang together there
To Sulima, the fair.
Soft breezes fanned
The list'ning land.
While the nightingale and I
Sang out our love beneath a silver sky,
When the moon shone down on Samarkand.
GIRLS, MEN. The nightingale,
Took up the tale.
We sang together there
To Sulima, the fair.
Soft breezes fanned
The list'ning land.
While the nightingale and I
Sang out our love beneath the silver sky,
When the moon shone down on Samarkand.