Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_15488-A-kiss-in-the-dark
https://archive.org/details/78_a-kiss-in-the-dark_columbia-dance-orchestra-herbert_gbia0012502b
https://archive.org/details/78_a-kiss-in-the-dark_the-serenaders-victor-herbert_gbia0002770a
https://archive.org/details/78_a-kiss-in-the-dark_the-serenaders-victor-herbert_gbia0015601a
Publication Date
1912
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I recall the mad delight
Of a lovely dance,
And a stroll into a night,
Trembling with romance.
There he told me of my charms,
How could I resist?
Suddenly within his arms I was held and kissed!
Oh, that
[Refrain]
Kiss in the dark
Was to him just a lark,
But to me 'twas a thrill supreme!
Just a Kiss in the dark
But it kindled the spark,
The wak'nin of love's young dream!
[Verse 2]
That was love in all its pow'r;
Yet today it seems
Like a sweet but fleeting hour,
In the land of dreams.
There we parted in the dawn,
he had played a part;
But the mem'ry lingered on
In my trembling heart.
Oh that,
[Refrain]
Recommended Citation
Herbert, Victor and De Sylva, Buddy Gard, "A Kiss in the Dark" (1912). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 786.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/786
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
A Kiss in the Dark
Music by Victor Herbert
Words by Buddy Gard De Sylva
New York: Published by Harms, Incorprrated (62 West 45th Street)
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