Mignonette - Babes in Toyland - Operetta - Victor Herbert

TOM:
‘Twas by a stream in the meadow
That we first met
Strolling from sunshine to shadow
Can’st thou forget
Of the love still unspoken
Then you gave me a token
One sweet spray of mignonette
That you gave me there
Ah!
Of that hour I’m ever dreaming,
When through the fields we strayed together
By the stream, in sunlight gleaming
Beneath the rustling willow tree there, ah!
There, where you gave me that little mignonette!
E’er for the moment I’m sighing
When we will meet
When from afar, I’ll be flying
Swift to thee, sweet
Then again I’ll seek for thee
Where ‘twas first that I saw thee
‘Mid the fragrant mignonette
So pray wait me there
Ah!
LYRICS by Glen MacDonough
RECORDING: Rebecca Caine, London Sinfonietta - Conductor, John McGlinn
IMAGES courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collections

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@SirParcifal where ever did you find these recordings? I’ve been searching for the John McGlinn version of Babes in Toyland for some time.